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Brazil’s right-wing movement persists without Bolsonaro

FILE - Supporters of former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro leave their encampment outside army headquarters as military police stand watch in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Jan. 9, 2023, the day after Bolsonaro supporters stormed government buildings in the capital. The capital uprising by Bolsonaro's supporters on Jan. 8, 2023 failed to overthrow democracy, but millions here believe so strongly in Brazilian-style social conservatism that the movement will persist without its namesake, according to academics who study the Bolsonarita movement and members of the movement themselves. (AP Photo/Andre Penner, File) FILE - Protesters, supporters of Brazil's former President Jair Bolsonaro, clash with police as they storm the Planalto Palace, the official workplace of the president, in Brasilia, Brazil, Sunday, Jan. 8, 2023. The capital uprising by Bolsonaro's supporters on Jan. 8, 2023 failed to overthrow democracy, but millions here believe so strongly in Brazilian-style social conservatism that the movement will persist without its namesake, according to academics who study the Bolsonarita movement and members of the movement themselves. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres, File) FILE - Former Brazil President Jair Bolsonaro, center, meets with supporters outside a vacation home where he is staying near Orlando, Fla., on Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2023. The capital uprising by Bolsonaro's supporters on Jan. 8, 2023 failed to overthrow Brazilian democracy and Bolsonaro flew to Florida, but millions of people in Brazil believe so strongly in Brazilian-style social conservatism that the movement will persist without its namesake, according to academics who study the Bolsonarita movement and members of the movement themselves. (Skyler Swisher/Orlando Sentinel via AP, File) FILE - Protesters, supporters of Brazil's former President Jair Bolsonaro, hold a banner that reads in Portuguese "Civil and Military Intervention!" as others storm the the National Congress building in Brasilia, Brazil, Jan. 8, 2023. The capital uprising by Bolsonaro's supporters on Jan. 8, 2023 failed to overthrow democracy, but millions here believe so strongly in Brazilian-style social conservatism that the movement will persist without its namesake, according to academics who study the Bolsonarita movement and members of the movement themselves. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres, File) FILE - A supporter of Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro salutes while singing the nation's anthem outside a military base during a protest against his reelection defeat in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Nov. 3, 2022. The capital uprising by Bolsonaro's supporters on Jan. 8, 2023 failed to overthrow democracy, but millions here believe so strongly in Brazilian-style social conservatism that the movement will persist without its namesake, according to academics who study the Bolsonarita movement and members of the movement themselves. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix, File)
Brazil’s right-wing movement persists without Bolsonaro