A Tropical Tea Party: The Rise of a New Right in Brazil

Authors

  • Laurent Delcourt CETRI-Bélgica

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.23925/ls.v20i36.31852

Keywords:

Brazil, Tea Party, Antipetismo, New Right.

Abstract

In a context marked by the abrupt deceleration of the economy and a new corruption scandal affecting the parties of the governing coalition, we are witnessing the rise in Brazil of a “new” right, which is radical and militant. Arising from the June 2013 mobilizations, it is a heterogeneous collection of different origins and identities, without any apparent link except a common aversion to the left in general and the PT in particular. Sharing more than a family resemblance with the Tea Party in the United States, from which it take its ultraliberal, security-focused and anti-solidarity discourse.

Author Biography

Laurent Delcourt, CETRI-Bélgica

Historiador e sociólogo, pesquisador do Centre Tricontinental (CETRI). Louvain-la-Neuve, Bélgica.

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Published

2016-06-30

How to Cite

Delcourt, L. (2016). A Tropical Tea Party: The Rise of a New Right in Brazil. Lutas Sociais, 20(36), 126–139. https://doi.org/10.23925/ls.v20i36.31852

Issue

Vol. 20 No. 36 (2016): The Right Returns... End of a Cycle in Latin America?

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Dossier

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