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The Dig: Bolsonarismo with Rodrigo Nunes

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The Pandemic in Brazil

Bosonaro's popularity went up among the poor, despite his disastrous handling of cove 19. framing the situation as a choice between life and the economy was, for them, objectively true. It showed him as more in touch with their reality than anyone telling them to stay at home when they had no option but to go to work. And then there was also, of course, this bolsa familia style emergency cash transfer that bosinaro orchestrated. But you suggest that it's even more than this, that the right is in touch with the deathly vibe of the pandemic at the deeplest.

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