Avaliação: La participación política de los/las migrantes en América Latina – Introducing the Nativism in Brazil? The Rise of Jair Bolsonaro and his Restrictive Approach to Venezuelan Immigration

Corresponding Panel: (Don't) Talk to Strangers: Populism, Policies and Attitudes toward Migration (S. Umpierrez de Reguero y Mari-Liis Jabokson).

The election of Jair Bolsonaro in the Brazilian presidential elections of 2018 represents the victory of an emerging and radicalized right. As a result, there is the incorporation of a nativist discourse - a xenophobic form of nationalism - in the public sphere. Bolsonaro is partially a reflection of an electorate that looks with distrust and insecurity at the multicultural Brazil and rejects the idea that the government must guarantee universal social rights, especially for noncitizen residents. In the face of the Venezuelan exodus, the president's confrontational attitude: i) captivates those with anti-immigration attitudes; ii) repels those who still support an open borders nation. As a background, this strategy aims to consolidate a moral panic around "chavismo" and the return of a leftist government in the country. In this article, I aim to examine this nativist discourse led by Bolsonaro and its representation in the Brazilian political system.

• Jair Bolsonaro
• Nativism
• Anti-immigration attitudes
• Venezuelan exodus
• Brazil