The largest democracy in the southern hemisphere is under threat

"We have to kill over 30,000 people." These words were uttered by the current president of Brazil, Jair Bolsonaro, the 1990s. They reek of nostalgia for the Brazilian military dictatorship that lasted from 1964 to 1985.

New presidential elections are coming up on October 2 in Brazil, which, according to all polls, Bolsonaro will lose to his opponent Lula da Silva...