Countless labels have been used to describe President Jair Bolsonaro since he took office in January 2019, the majority of which have not been charitable to the far-right head of state. Accused of gross negligence in his government’s response to the coronavirus pandemic, Mr. Bolsonaro is seeing his once steadfast popularity begin to slide. According to Flávio Dino, governor of northeastern state Maranhão and the leading figure in the opposition Communist Party of Brazil (PCdoB), no politician in the world has committed more crimes and issued more threats against the Constitution than Brazil’s president.
Calling Mr. Bolsonaro a “serial killer,”...