A Far-Right Populist Wins in Brazil

A Far-Right Populist Wins in Brazil

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Brazil, the largest country in Latin America, elected a new president on Sunday: Jair Bolsonaro. The far-right congressman and former army captain has been called Brazil’s Trump. He won with 55 percent of the vote against Fernando Haddad of the leftist Worker’s Party, which governed for 13 years until a corruption scandal brought the party down. The scandal and an anti-establishment sentiment helped fuel Bolsonaro’s victory. Latino USA talks to Brazilian journalist Adriana Carranca, who explains the forces that brought Bolsonaro to power.