Bolsonaro swept to power last October, his insurgent campaign turbocharged by widespread revolt at the corruption and economic misrule of the Brazilian left. Brazil's Bolsonaro dismisses 'imbecile' students as he faces biggest protests yet Read moreReinaldo Azevedo, a rightwing commentator, offered an equally dismal evaluation. Bolsonaro has reacted to the intensifying barrage of friendly fire by escalating his populist rhetoric and calling diehard supporters to the streets. “The big problem is our political class,” Bolsonaro, a career politician who falsely paints himself as a political outsider, claimed this week. Another urges Bolsonaro supporters to “invade” the capital, Brasília, to give Brazil’s political elite a taste of “the rage of the people”.

Source: The Guardian May 24, 2019 04:00 UTC