{"id":2631,"date":"2017-07-26T18:27:56","date_gmt":"2017-07-26T15:27:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/anticorr.media\/?p=2631"},"modified":"2017-07-27T22:12:32","modified_gmt":"2017-07-27T19:12:32","slug":"brazils-right-on-the-rise-as-anger-grows-over-scandal-and-corruption","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anticorr.media\/en\/brazils-right-on-the-rise-as-anger-grows-over-scandal-and-corruption\/","title":{"rendered":"Brazil’s right on the rise as anger grows over scandal and corruption"},"content":{"rendered":"

This material belongs to: The Guardian<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The leftwing Workers\u2019 party<\/a> enjoyed 13 years on top \u2013 but recession, crime and widespread disenchantment have prompted many Brazilians to turn to the right.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Fernando Holiday<\/a> is one of the few openly gay, black politicians in\u00a0Brazil<\/a>, but before he won a single vote, he first reached national fame in 2015 with a string of viral videos in which he attacked Brazil\u2019s affirmative action system for black, indigenous and poor people.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe blacks and poor can win in life on merit,\u201d he said in one Facebook video. \u201cI don\u2019t play the victim.\u201d<\/p>\n