A Letter from São Vicente
The attempted coup in Brazil that followed Lula’s victory was the culmination of the surreal world of Bolsonarismo, in which the country’s history was warped into unrecognisability.
Like a scene from a tropical zombie film, yellow-clad barbarians chanting the fascist slogan ‘god, family, and homeland’, rampage through the three main institutions of Brazilian democracy, defecate on carpets, break windows, and smash precious works of art. It was my birthday, which in a cruel irony will, from now on, be always associated with […]
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