Ethnic-Racial Discrimination in Brazil: Bolsonaro Era 2019

• Autor(a) principal: Bijos, Leila
• Data de Publicação: 2020
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Revista Científica Disruptiva
• Texto Completo: http://revista.cers.com.br/ojs/index.php/revista/article/view/28
• topic: Multiculturalismo; Democracia; Opinião Pública; Eleições Presidenciais no Brasil; Multiculturalism; Democracy; Public Opinion; Presidential Elections in Brazil; Multiculturalismo; Democracia; Opinión pública; Elecciones presidenciales en Brasil

This paper critically reflects on a series of social and political changes in Brazil, the impact of Labor Party erosion after twelve years in power, the deviation of public money, the deteriorating of civil-law jurisdictions, it follows the analytical method and is structured in real facts. The analysis uses contemporary bibliography to explain the growing protests of the organized civil society in Brazil since 2013, bringing the idea of transforming the system with a far-right political candidate, a former military officer Jair Bolsonaro. The movement known as the Brazilian Spring, advocates for new contemporary aspirations and patterns of political alliances, the environmental protection of the Amazon. My findings suggest that questions have been put to the fore concerning political corruption, defense and security focused on gangues in shanty towns in Rio de Janeiro, showing changes brought by the 2018 presidential elections in Brazil. Bolsonaro’s challenges encompass a devastating recession, massive corruption among the country’s business and political elite, an ailing economy that is grappling with mounting debt, slow growth, and high unemployment. In the aftermath of the latest presidential elections, the president failed to make true his promises to crackdown on crime and corruption, as well as facing civil protests by members of the defeated Labour Party. The debate is focused on political theories encompassing the statutory provision of social services and questioning the confidence in institutions, especially the police. Bolsonaro’s solution is zero tolerance, the use of police torture on drug traffickers and kidnappers. Brazil is a majority non-white country, a multicultural mix of ethnicities, religious, gender and sexual minorities, facing daily hostility against them and threats to social inclusion and the promotion of human rights. Institutional changes should promote equitable patterns of economic growth, especially education, employment, and transportation. Human rights reforms should not only be rooted in a transnational legal culture, but approach local social situations in which human rights have been accentuated after the presidential elections, promoting a cohesion, eliminating violence.