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Did the Bolsonaro Trial Really Save Brazil's Democracy?
Manage episode 510129610 series 1263929
Brazil’s Supreme Court has just convicted former president Jair Bolsonaro of attempting a coup to nullify his 2022 election loss. The country’s judicial system and Justice Alexandre de Moraes, a polarizing figure whom the co-conspirators had sought to assassinate, acted boldly, sentencing Bolsonaro to 27 years in prison.
Brazil is now the global leader in democratic accountability for “self-coups,” a once-rare phenomenon that has surged recently, even in places like South Korea and the U.S. That’s why the world is watching Brazil’s grand experiment—especially in Washington, where President Donald Trump has levied massive tariffs to punish what he calls a “witch hunt” against his former ally.
Oliver Stuenkel, a prominent analyst of Brazilian politics, breaks down these events with Jon Bateman on The World Unpacked. Will Bolsonaro’s conviction restore democratic guardrails or further polarize the country? And what does it mean for the U.S. to intervene in the politics of a fellow democracy with unprecedented levels of economic coercion?
Find the episode transcript, video episode, and get the show direct to your inbox, here.
Follow Jon on X (https://x.com/JonKBateman) here.
252 episodes
Manage episode 510129610 series 1263929
Brazil’s Supreme Court has just convicted former president Jair Bolsonaro of attempting a coup to nullify his 2022 election loss. The country’s judicial system and Justice Alexandre de Moraes, a polarizing figure whom the co-conspirators had sought to assassinate, acted boldly, sentencing Bolsonaro to 27 years in prison.
Brazil is now the global leader in democratic accountability for “self-coups,” a once-rare phenomenon that has surged recently, even in places like South Korea and the U.S. That’s why the world is watching Brazil’s grand experiment—especially in Washington, where President Donald Trump has levied massive tariffs to punish what he calls a “witch hunt” against his former ally.
Oliver Stuenkel, a prominent analyst of Brazilian politics, breaks down these events with Jon Bateman on The World Unpacked. Will Bolsonaro’s conviction restore democratic guardrails or further polarize the country? And what does it mean for the U.S. to intervene in the politics of a fellow democracy with unprecedented levels of economic coercion?
Find the episode transcript, video episode, and get the show direct to your inbox, here.
Follow Jon on X (https://x.com/JonKBateman) here.
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