Jair Bolsonaro was elected president of Brazil in October 2018 and took office in January 2019, writes Catherine McNamara.

Cork documentary maker Kate Hardie Buckley was in Brazil to film the changing dynamic for the country’s LGBT community, writes Ellie O’Byrne

BRAZIL is the latest country to see political success ride the wave of populism. On the first day of the year, right-wing nationalist Jair Bolsonaro was sworn in as the country’s president.