Nationalism, Economic Liberalism, and Populism in the Bolsonaro Government

Given the neoliberal agenda implemented by Paulo Guedes's Ministry of the Economy, the Bolsonaro government's nationalist stance has prompted academic debates over its rationales. Once the populist and conservative foundations of that nationalism are understood, however, there is no contradiction between it and Bolsonaro's economic policy.La agenda neoliberal implementada por el Ministerio de Economia de Paulo Guedes aparentemente cuestiona la postura nacionalista del gobierno de Bolsonaro y ha provocado debates academicos en torno a sus razones fundamentales. Sin embargo, una vez que se entienden las razones populistas y el conservatismo detras de dicho nacionalismo, no hay contradiccion entre estas y la politica economica de Bolsonaro.