I don’t actually want to understand the ins and outs of Brazilian politics. It’s complicated and super partisan.
then again... if you get to translate it, I assure you, modesty aside, there's no better explanation than this one about the past eight/eleven years:
https://open.substack.com/pub/sutor/p/alexandre-o-mediocre-golpista-do
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it's not that complicated if you're not a partisan, actually, which is my case.