Abstract
The article points out to the difficulty of defining “fascism”. Nevertheless, generic views about fascism were elaborated, what makes possible the comparison between different cases. It also shows that there is both an institutional as well as an ideological dimension to fascism; the first having been confronted, the second neglected. Confronting the Brazil of Bolsonaro with “classic fascism”, it shows that something new was not created, but deep traits of Brazilian society were revealed. Thus, it is suggested that more than fascism it would be adequate to speak of a “latent fascism”, which could always come up and is, consequently, specially worrying.
Keywords:
Fascism; Brazil; Classica Fascism; Latent Fascism