With 17 months left in his term, President Jair Bolsonaro is — more than ever — placing his entire focus on making sure his re-election bid is successful. But while macroeconomic numbers suggest Brazil is recovering from the 2020 pandemic downturn at a faster-than-expected rate, his administration is facing its most challenging moment yet.
The president is dogged by corruption scandals which suggest that government officials sought to make a dishonest buck out of Covid-19 vaccine purchases, while Brazilians were dying in their thousands on a daily basis. Meanwhile, the Senate’s Covid hearings committee — which returns to...
