Brazil- Jair Bolsonaro was sworn in as Brazil's president Tuesday, taking the reins of Latin America's largest and most populous nation with promises to overhaul myriad aspects of daily life and put an end to business-as-usual governing. He vowed to free Brazil of "ideology" in what was viewed as a swipe at the left.
Bolsonaro was the latest of several far-right leaders around the globe who have come to power by riding waves of anger at the establishment and promising to ditch the status
The former army captain told Brazil's far-right President Jair Bolsonaro has used his inaugural speech to promise to build a "society without discrimination or division".
For the far-right former army captain, the New Year's Day inauguration was the culmination of a journey from a marginalized and even ridiculed congressmen to a leader who many Brazilians hope can combat endemic corruption as well as violence that routinely gives the nation the dubious distinction of being the world leader in total homicides.
A fan of President Trump, the 63-year-old longtime congressman rose to power on an anti-corruption and pro-gun agenda that has energized conservatives and hard-right supporters after four consecutive presidential election wins by the left-leaning Workers' Party
Once inside Congress, Bolsonaro and his vice president, retired Gen. Hamilton Mourao, took the oath of office. With the short speech in the campaign
Bolsonaro's Liberal and Social Party will have 52 seats in Brazil's 513-member lower house, the second largest bloc behind the Workers' Party.
Jair promises that "Brazil will return to being a country free of ideological constrictions," he told Congress in the capital, Brasilia.
"I will divide power in a progressive, conscientious and responsible way."
Before becoming a politician, Mr. Bolsonaro served in Brazil's military, where he was a paratrooper and rose to the rank of captain.
During the election race in September, he was stabbed at a rally and seriously injured, taking more than a month to recover.
Mr. Bolsonaro's promise to drive down crime and stamp out corruption comes after scores of top businessmen and high-ranking politicians, including former left-wing President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, were jailed.
