Brazilian Wane

“The former Army captain, who has been compared to both Donald Trump and the Philippines’ Rodrigo Duterte, has praised Brazil’s military dictatorship and spoken positively about torture. He has also made numerous homophobic, racist, and misogynist comments that led many to accuse him of inciting violence against minorities. More recently, Bolsonaro has threatened to jail or exile his political opponents.” Meet Brazil’s next president.

+ Jair Bolsonaro— in his own words.

+ “In the last four years, I’ve been to 22 countries, six continents, and been on the ground for close to a dozen referendums and elections. I was in London for UK’s nervous breakdown over Brexit, in Barcelona for Catalonia’s failed attempts at a secession from Spain, in Sweden as neo-Nazis tried to march on the country’s largest book fair. And now, I’m in Brazil. But this era of being surprised at what the internet can and will do to us is ending. The damage is done. I’m trying to come to terms with the fact that I’ll probably spend the rest of my career covering the consequences.” Ryan Broderick in Buzzfeed: This Is How We Radicalized The World.