The Bolsonaro administration poses many pressing questions for social scientists, most notably about the boundaries between antidemocratic rhetoric and authoritarian practice. Associated with this large theme are questions about the meaning of the rule of law in a country governed by a man who is an apologist for brutal police...

In case you missed it, American University's AULA Blog has posted two good reflections on Bolsonaro's Brazil in recent days: Ingrid Fontes, a senior at American University, writes about the Bolsonaro administration’s devastatingly incompetent response to the pandemic, showing Brazil’s comparatively high death rate and low vaccination rate, as well...