Chapters in this book

1. Front matter i
2. Dedication iv
3. Contents vii
4. Introduction 1
5. 1 The outsider 19
6. 2 Coming in from the cold 33
7. 3 The magic moment 48
8. 4 Dilma Rousseff and the rocky road to recession 66
9. 5 The foundations begin to shake 85
10. 6 A political implosion 99
11. 7 Drug gangs at war 113
12. 8 Right-wing militias on the march 132
13. 9 And God told me to vote for Bolsonaro 148
14. 10 “Environment, environment, it’s a joke …” 169
15. 11 The Amazon is burning 183
16. 12 Tilting at windmills 199
17. 13 A president under pressure 212
18. 14 An unexpected bonanza 229
19. Acknowledgements 249
20. List of abbreviations 252
21. Notes 253
22. Index 282