- Datum: 25.02.2021
- Land:Brasilien
- Kategorie:Berichte & Analysen
Brazil’s Polarization and Democratic Risks
Polarization in Brazil has become a major risk not only to the country’s democracy but also to its capacity to address its most urgent…
Polarization in Brazil has become a major risk not only to the country’s democracy but also to its capacity to address its most urgent policy challenges such as the coronavirus pandemic. By first promoting a lockdown-versus-economy narrative that weakened the country’s willingness to adopt effective measures and then politicizing the choice of the vaccine producer, President Jair Bolsonaro’s turbulent administration has become a symbol of how destructive polarization can be. How did Brazil arrive at this troubled state?
“In Brazil, the highly divisive government led by President Jair Bolsonaro is merely the symptom of a longer pattern of polarization that has severely hampered the country’s response to the pandemic.” – writes Oliver Stuenkel, associate professor of international relations at Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV) in São Paulo.
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Carnegie endowment, February 17, 2021