Bolsonaro: Crisis Mode ON
Explaining Brazil
English - February 20, 2019 02:44 - 19 minutes - 8.83 MB - ★★★★★ - 121 ratingsBusiness News News News Commentary brazil lula bolsonaro pensions economy politics latin america Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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In politics, we usually say a new head of state enjoys a sort of grace period of 100 days. Popular support is still fresh from the campaign, the opposition still doesn't have much ammo against the new administration, and there hasn't been enough time for internal disputes to create unsolvable problems for the government. But, boy, the start of the Jair Bolsonaro administration has been anything but smooth. Read show notes. —