The article questions who benefits from the implosion of democracy in Brazil, asserting it is not the Brazilians themselves. Over the past decade, the country witnessed the impeachment of the only woman ever elected president of the Republic and confronted and punished a coup attempt.
Now the article warns that Brazil is "flirting with the abyss" again. The risk is described as growing and diffuse, encompassing multiple fronts of threat.
Among the mentioned factors are the continued coup-mongering of the Bolsonaro far-right, the threat of foreign interference from Donald Trump's United States in the Brazilian electoral process, the dispute between justices Alexandre de Moraes and André Mendonça on the Supreme Court, the financial scandal involving Daniel Vorcaro and his network of relationships, as well as a Legislative branch described as self-absorbed.
The article also points to the disenchantment of the population with a political system characterized as riddled with decay and devoid of representativeness, indicating a deeper crisis of legitimacy in democratic institutions.
