
In Brief: Brazil — Left, Right, Left (with Ian Bremmer)
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Is There a Guardrail to Democracy in Brazil?
There are different guardrails protecting democracy in Brazil than there are in the United States. Social media platforms create incredible incentives for politicians to become further and further extreme, he says. The judiciary is not as much of a guardrail in Brazil; it has been co-opted more by the left. Bolsonaro just doesn't have a large number of political confederates in office in Congress.
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