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Brazil Surges Toward American Conservatism

Kassy Akiva

On Sunday, Brazilians elected their new president in an election unlike any other in Brazilian history due to a controversial right-wing candidate defeating the socialist candidate who was representing the party in power.

Jair Bolsonaro, a self-described conservative Congressman of the Social Liberal Party, is a 63-year-old retired captain in the Brazilian Army, and a Catholic who is married to an evangelical Christian.

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