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For his supporters, a time for celebration ...but come his inauguration, Brazil''s new president will be leading a country facing a number of challenges...For one, there''s security ... something the far-right congressman has made his bread and butter issue...The country''s murder rate is one of the highest in the world and increasing. It hit a record high in 2017 ... at 175 deaths per day. To address it, Bolsonaro has promised to expand gun rights and police authority...SOT BOLSONARO, 16 secs:"We must guarantee the right of self-defence for good citizens. If one of us, civilian or soldier, is assaulted... if we shoot the attacker 20 times it serves them right. He must be decorated and not judged in court."There''s also a lackluster economy... Brazil is still emerging from the worst recession in its history ... DLS ECONOMIC GROWTHGrowth is projected to hit just over 1 percent this year ... in the meantime, unemployment remains stubbornly high ... Inequality has crept upward too in recent years....There''s also corruption ... which has fueled intense political backlash. Dozens of politicians and businessmen have been jailed as a result of the so-called Carwash corruption investigation ... it''s uncovered a multi-billion-dollar bribe and kickback schemeMany blame the Workers Party for failing to address the problem... it governed the country from 2003 to 2016. In this year''s campaign, the topic helped fuel support for the anti-establishment Bolsonaro...VOX POP BOLSONARO SUPPORTER"There are many Brazilians who cannot stand the corruption of the PT (Workers'' Party) anymore, of a government we have had for more than a dozen years."Brazil won''t have to wait long for the change in leadership: Bolsonaro is set to take office January 1.
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