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New Brazil leader Bolsonaro targets crime, leftwing ‘ideology’

by Louis GENOT, with Marc BURLEIGH in Rio de Janeiro Agence France Presse BRASILIA, Brazil (AFP) — Brazil’s new far-right President Jair Bolsonaro declared a crusade against crime, corruption and leftwing ideology as he took office Tuesday for a four-year term at the helm of Latin America’s biggest nation. In his first public speech wearing the presidential sash, Boslonaro said Brazil will “start to free itself of socialism” and “political correctness,” breaking with policies brought […]