Brazil's coronavirus crisis, Bolsonaro's response and the failure of authoritarian populism
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He has even gone as far as firing his health minister in the middle of the crisis.Bolsonaro’s recent reply to a reporter's question about Brazil's death count was particularly striking in its callousness.Brazil’s death toll is rising steadily, with nearly 200,000 cases reported. This may seem paradoxical: after all, it is intuitive to think that a crisis increases voter demand for a safe pair of hands, and there is evidence that this is indeed the case.A politician like Bolsonaro cannot possibly offer a calm, uniting response. It is simply not credible.But a politician like Bolsonaro cannot possibly offer a calm, uniting response.
As said here by Filipe Campante, Claudio Ferraz and Rodrigo Soares