Jair Bolsonaro’s economic team was one of the main arguments for business elites to support the former army captain in the 2018 election, despite the lead candidate’s extremism and anti-libertarian past. But next month, the group once dubbed the “dream team” will lose one of its brightest stars, Treasury Secretary Mansueto Almeida — who announced his departure from the government on Sunday. In a crucial moment for the economy, the secretary said he is sure his pro-austerity platform will be carried on by his successor.
Initially named to head the Treasury Department by former President Michel Temer back in...