Lucas Leiroz
Decades spent believing in the infallibility of the 1988 regime are now costing Brazilians a heavy price.
Brazil is going through an unprecedented institutional crisis. The foundations of the entire Sixth Republic - called the "New Republic" by its defenders, even though it is already quite old - are being profoundly shaken. Since 1988, the entire Brazilian political system has rested on the idea of the "sanctity" of the Federal Constitution and the "infallibility" of the Federal Supreme Court, as well as its supposedly "moderating" role of democratic institutions.