ASSESSMENTS

What Brazil's New Administration Means for Business

Jan 9, 2019 | 06:30 GMT

General view of the National Congress before Jair Bolsonaro's Jan. 1, 2019, swearing into the presidency in Brasilia.

General view of the National Congress before Jair Bolsonaro's Jan. 1, 2019, swearing into the presidency in Brasilia.

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Highlights

  • Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro's more aggressive stance on fighting crime will relax rules of engagement for, and increase the use of lethal force by, law enforcement, putting bystanders at risk.
  • His pro-business policies will agitate campaigners for indigenous rights and left-wing groups more broadly, putting commercial interests in their target set.
  • And his possible move to Jerusalem of the Brazilian Embassy to Israel would likely agitate jihadists, though the threat would remain low in Brazil itself.

The administration of Jair Bolsonaro, sworn into office Jan. 1 as Brazil's president, faces numerous security challenges, including high crime rates in several of Brazil's major urban areas, a major refugee influx from neighboring Venezuela, and the threat of criminal militias continuing to expand their operations out of Colombia and Venezuela into northern Brazil. His policies may exacerbate the risks to foreign organizations from crime, political unrest, and left-wing and jihadist violence....

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