I woke this morning at dawn and reached for my phone with a sense of dread. The news, of course, was bad. Brazil, my country of birth, had moved a step closer towards electing a far-right president: Jair Bolsonaro of the Social Liberal party (PSL), who won 46% of the first-round presidential vote, with Fernando Haddad of the leftwing Workers’ party (PT), trailing behind at 28%. Millions of Brazilians across the world either despaired or cheered. WhatsApp is currently aglow with transcontinental family disputes. I delete my relatives’ offensive comments on Facebook, as standard. My mother threatens to never return home again. I haven’t seen Brazilians so divided in my life.
Brazilians are looking for change – but they are looking in the wrong place.
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