The Fallout of Bolsonaro's Political Career

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Brazil and the US have completely different ways of organizing elections. In Brazil, it's a super centralized system governed by the Supreme electoral tribunal. Trump can threaten to destabilize the Republican Party by running as an independent. Bolsonaro himself has belonged to at least nine parties in Congress.

The so-called refugee camp in the city of Jenin has been subject to raids for months—and a hotspot for militants for decades. We ask what set things off so violently this week. Now that Jair Bolsonaro is barred from Brazilian office for eight years, what happens to his brand of politics (11:17)? And how America got a new king of beers (19:17).

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