Somehow Bolsonaro Is Getting More Popular

Washington Post: “By most measures, this should be an abysmal political moment for Brazil’s president, Jair Bolsonaro. A disease he called a ‘little cold’ has swelled into the world’s second-worst coronavirus outbreak, killing 114,000 Brazilians, infecting more than 3.6 million and devastating the country’s health system. An economic collapse he failed to forestall has driven the unemployment rate to 14 percent. He has been abandoned by allies, pilloried by emboldened critics and ensnared by several corruption scandals.”

“And yet, the right-wing former army captain is more popular than at any time since the beginning of his presidency.”