In a national address just before Christmas, Bolsonaro said he “took over Brazil in a deep ethical, moral and economic crisis.““The government has changed. Marcos Feliciano, a conservative lower house lawmaker and evangelical pastor, believes Bolsonaro keeps true to values that were ignored by his predecessors. Long a fringe lawmaker, Bolsonaro became president as an outsider following a deep economic crisis, a sweeping scandal over political corruption and amid a wave of populist triumphs around the planet. Bolsonaro’s most ambitious legislative win, an overhaul to Brazil’s pension system that prior governments failed to achieve, came on a watered down version. Meanwhile, Bolsonaro has also been bothered by investigations into his family that could shake his image of incorruptibility among hard-core supporters.

Source: thestar December 31, 2019 05:03 UTC