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Monday, 29 October 2018 Sign up for the Blog Roundup<http://lse.us14.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=8c36a8f4f9f0700176761bfda&id=ccd17c831a&e=efac8d8ff3> [https://gallery.mailchimp.com/af21f22819a91e195d9c17c7c/images/e38bd9aa-f78d-4ef5-9063-4f99db02a196.jpg] The LSE Latin America and Caribbean<https://lse.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=af21f22819a91e195d9c17c7c&id=44663cc332&e=374307939f> Blog Roundup brings you our latest analysis of key issues affecting the region and its peoples. Please feel free to send our roundup to any friends or colleagues that share your interest in our part of the world. [https://gallery.mailchimp.com/af21f22819a91e195d9c17c7c/images/a8dcdd63-73e5-4b7c-82d2-1723ea14e153.jpg]<https://lse.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=af21f22819a91e195d9c17c7c&id=6ed2ceece7&e=374307939f> The five risks facing President Bolsonaro<https://lse.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=af21f22819a91e195d9c17c7c&id=658028fc5b&e=374307939f> Jair Bolsonaro’s remarkable rise to the presidency has already caused a significant shake-up of Brazilian politics. But in the longer term, a looming fiscal catastrophe and sky-high expectations on crime and corruption could lead to political instability or even a constitutional crisis, writes Mark S. Langevin (George Mason University). [https://gallery.mailchimp.com/af21f22819a91e195d9c17c7c/images/2add8577-f265-4c4e-90ce-03399bb4b192.jpg]<https://lse.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=af21f22819a91e195d9c17c7c&id=52df5e1d9b&e=374307939f> Populism in Mexico and Brazil: why are voters moving in opposite directions?<https://lse.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=af21f22819a91e195d9c17c7c&id=673ab972b5&e=374307939f> Differences in ethnic makeup, religious affiliation, institutional openness to outsiders, experiences of crime, and economic performance have driven Mexican and Brazilian voters in opposite ideological directions: left towards AMLO in Mexico and right towards Bolsonaro in Brazil. But this doesn’t mean Mexico will remain immune to right populism in future, writes Rodrigo Aguilera. [https://gallery.mailchimp.com/af21f22819a91e195d9c17c7c/images/27889ba3-52e9-4efa-92b8-c4431726ac73.jpg]<https://lse.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=af21f22819a91e195d9c17c7c&id=02fbf98ec7&e=374307939f> How will Bolsonaro’s victory affect migration policy in Brazil and South America?<https://lse.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=af21f22819a91e195d9c17c7c&id=d7cdbc6508&e=374307939f> Jair Bolsonaro’s victory in Brazil’s 2018 presidential election could lead to a more severe migration policy, attacks on migrants’ rights, and fragmentation of regional approaches to mobility, write Marcia Vera Espinoza (Queen Mary University of London) and Leiza Brumat (European University Institute). [https://gallery.mailchimp.com/af21f22819a91e195d9c17c7c/images/5d133490-6fae-434c-9b36-3595d31348fd.jpg]<https://lse.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=af21f22819a91e195d9c17c7c&id=0d028a3407&e=374307939f> The destabilising effects of breathtaking judicial discretion in Brazil<https://lse.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=af21f22819a91e195d9c17c7c&id=ab3cb4287a&e=374307939f> The discretionary decisions and interminable in-fighting of Brazil’s vast and intricate judicial system have significant consequences for election outcomes, and 2018 is no exception, writes David Lehmann (Federal University of Bahia). 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