Major English newspaper says Bolsonaro's government already smells bad.

247 - O The GuardianThe British newspaper, a leading newspaper in England, features a prominent report analyzing the first 30 days of Jair Bolsonaro's government, titled "'It smells bad': Scandals loom over Bolsonaro after his first month in office." The analysis by correspondents Tom Phillips and Anna Jean Kaiser highlights that despite having the support of a large part of the population, the first month was marked by a succession of scandals and suspicions of corruption directly involving the president's family, and by an environmental tragedy that has already left 115 dead and more than 200 missing.

The Guardian points out that "Bolsonaro built his populist assault on the presidency on the Trumpian promise to drain his political swamp after the worst corruption scandal in his history" and that "in his inaugural address he promised to lead a crusade that would forever free his homeland 'from the yoke of corruption,' something that is beginning to be threatened by suspicions of political misdeeds and links to organized crime hanging over one of Bolsonaro's political sons – and some supporters are beginning to worry about their leader's disorderly opening up of the country."

The newspaper highlights the comment made last week by right-wing activist Guto Zacarias regarding suspicions linking Senator Flávio Bolsonaro, the president's son, to an extermination group in Rio de Janeiro. "It smells bad," he said. The repercussions grew even greater with the publication of allegations that Senator Flávio Bolsonaro, the president's son, "had employed the mother and wife of an alleged leader of the death squad whose gang was suspected of involvement in the assassination of councilwoman Marielle Franco last year." "The man who claims to have recommended the women for these jobs? Fabrício Queiroz, a longtime friend of the president of Brazil," the text emphasizes.

"But even before he took office on January 1st, the first whiff of scandal was in the air," recalls The Guardian, referring to Flávio Bolsonaro's financial transactions, which are being monitored by the Council for Financial Activities Control, and the suspicion of his involvement "in an illegal practice known as 'rachadinha,' whereby politicians divert part of their employees' salaries," the report says.

Beyond the political scandal reaching his family circle, the Guardian also highlights that the Brumadinho "catastrophe" "raised other questions about the president's controversial plans for environmental deregulation: Bolsonaro attacked environmental agencies for hindering development with what he describes as excessive licensing requirements and advocated for allowing mining in protected indigenous reserves."

The report ends with an emblematic phrase: "A Nobel Prize winner offered a devastating assessment of Brazil's commander-in-chief: 'He frightens me... Brazil is a great country and deserves someone better.'"