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Far-right Bolsonaro fires latest round in Brazil culture war

by Associated Press
| January 17, 2020 5:35 AM

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazil's government has drawn criticism after launching a project that aims to revamp the country's arts scene, with a focus on nationalism and religion. The project is part of the far-right administration's answer to what it sees as decades of leftist hegemony in the cultural sphere — from art to education and family.

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