PhD in Political Science. Postdoctoral Fellow at UFMG and CNPq Fellow in the project funded by the Minas Gerais State Research Support Foundation (FAPEMIG). Researcher in the "Public Opinion, Political Marketing, and Electoral Behavior" Group (UFMG).
Bolsonaro and Chávez, from opposite ideological poles, share the same political resource: the use of religious symbols and narratives to construct themselves as messianic leaders and legitimize power projects that strain liberal democracy.
Dominion Theology is pushing a politico-religious offensive in Brazil: occupying institutions, imposing biblical morality and waging "culture wars" against LGBTQIA+ rights, abortion and gender-sensitive education. With Bolsonaro and figures like Nikolas Ferreira, conservative Pentecostalism is gaining power, stressing the Judiciary and eroding secularism and democracy.
