A populist pushes back.

The article reports on the efforts by Brazil's populist president Jair Bolsonaro as of September 2021 to counter the protests calling for his ouster. Also cited are the protest organized by Bolsonaro during the country's independence day celebration, his claim that he will no longer follow Supreme Court rulings following orders to arrest his allies for allegedly inciting violence on social media, and his call for a shift to paper-receipt system for the 2022 elections to push through.