Jair Bolsonaro is the front-runner in Brazil's presidential election. He is a conservative Christian, pro-gun, a former army captain, and the only candidate with no corruption charges against him. He's looking to modernise the lethargic Brazilian economy with the aid of UChicago economist Paulo Guedes. He wants to align Brazil's foreign policy with Western nationalist governments against the influence of China, Eurasianism and regional socialism (Venezuela and Cuba). He has a hard stance on crime and supports increasing the power of police forces and the army to tackle Brazil's drug and violence problems. Under heavy fire from the media and academia, with an extremely restricted campaign budget, and having survived an assassination attempt, Bolsonaro's presidential run is nothing short of extraordinary.
JB's antagonist in the presidential race is Fernando Haddad, a sociologist, former minister of education under Lula and former mayor of São Paulo. He's running for the left-wing Labour Party (PT) under the guidance of former president Lula, who is currently in prison after being convicted for corruption and money laundering. PT had been the ruling party in Brazil for 13 years, but is facing high rejection in the polls after a police investigation uncovered the largest known corruption scheme in Brazilian history, which PT architected.
Anyone got some actual fucking numbers? There's the % for each country but there's more hues in some countries than others
Matthew Reyes
everyone we expected to be red is red, and everyone we expected to be green is green
Joshua Torres
Em São Paulo, Débora Casolato, estudante de 33 anos, chegou no E.E. Fernão Dias para votar neste domingo com o livro Mulheres, Raça e gênero da ex-pantera negra Angela Davis. A iniciativa faz parte da Campanha 'Vote com livros, não com armas' uma alusão ao candidato e também professor, Fernando Haddad (PT). "Pra mim foi uma escolha óbvia: contra o fascismo, a favor dos direitos humanos e da educação.
In São Paulo, Débora Casolato, 33, student, arrived in the Public School Fernão Dias to vote this Sunday with the book "Women, Race and Gender" by the ex-black panther Angela Davis. The initiative is part of the campaign 'Vote with books, not with weapons' an allusion to the candidate and also professor Fernando Haddad (PT). "For me it was an obvious choice: against fascism, in favor of human rights and education."
