Lecture: "Brazil - Fighting the poor instead of fighting poverty?" with Raul Zelik

Lecture by Raul Zelik

With Jair Bolsonaro, a right-wing extremist has been elected president in Brazil. This success is quite surprising, because Bolsonaro not only attacked minorities in the election campaign, but also questioned the basic rights of the broad majority: Women should return to the hearth, the richest will benefit from economic policy, and the police should be able to use even more violence against the poor.

Why was a candidate with this program able to win a broad majority? Why did such a shift to the right occur after 13 years of center-left government under Presidents Lula and Rousseff? And what consequences can now be expected for Brazil and all of Latin America?