Tag: ultraconservative president

• Monday, February 18th 2019 - 09:57 UTC

  Bolsonaro learning the hard way: family and politics don't mix

  

  Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, one of his politician sons and his ultraconservative party were embroiled in a crisis on Sunday over a campaign finance scandal threatening the leader's anti-corruption image. The 63-year-old far-right president, who is just six weeks into his mandate, spoke with top officials in his government on Friday and Saturday to try to draw a line under the affair, after key allies turned on him.