New Internationalist

HALL OF INFAMY

JAIR BOLSONARO

JOB: President of Brazil

REPUTATION: Trump of the Tropics, also known as Captain Chainsaw

As the world faces crisis upon crisis, you can always count on Jair Bolsonaro to do whatever he can to make matters worse. Whether it is the climate or the Covid-19 pandemic, the former military officer turned politician relies on conspiracy-based notions underpinned by macho toxic masculinity. He is a cultural warrior in the Trumpian mould:

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