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Brazil’s Right-Wing Shift Highlights a Bigger Trend

Brazil’s turn to the right matches the ideological switch across Latin America, Bloomberg Opinion columnist Juan Pablo Spinetto says. A Bolsonaro triumph in the runoff would mark the seventh consecutive win by a right-wing presidential candidate in the region in the past year, proof that beyond the problems facing incumbents, a deeper philosophical shift is afoot.

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Brazil’s turn to the right matches the ideological switch across Latin America, Bloomberg Opinion columnist Juan Pablo Spinetto says. A Bolsonaro triumph in the runoff would mark the seventh consecutive win by a…

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