Jair Bolsonaro – the far-right congressman who became Brazil’s president-elect on Sunday – has been dubbed “Trump of the Tropics” by the Brazilian media for his outrageous views. Just as Donald Trump’s detractors dismissed him as unelectable back in 2016, Mr Bolsonaro’s opponents believed the far-right figurehead would be too toxic to win. The outsider congressman, representing the tiny Social Liberal Party, managed to win widespread support by promising to lock up crooked politicians and make it easier for police to shoot drug traffickers.
