Far-right Bolsonaro Sells 'new Brazil' To Davos Elite

Skirting the first political scandal of his new presidency, far-right leader Jair Bolsonaro will tout a "new Brazil" when he addresses the world's business elite in Davos on Tuesday

Davos, Switzerland, (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 22nd Jan, 2019 ) :Skirting the first political scandal of his new presidency, far-right leader Jair Bolsonaro will tout a "new Brazil" when he addresses the world's business elite in Davos on Tuesday.

The president of Latin America's biggest economy is giving the keynote address at this year's World Economic Forum, where warnings are mounting of the dangers of a growth slowdown, yawning inequality and disastrous climate change.

US President Donald Trump along with the leaders of France, Britain and Zimbabwe have had to stay away from the Swiss ski resort as they fight political fires back home.

A trip to Davos by US officials including Secretary of State Mike Pompeo was also cancelled by Trump. But organisers said Pompeo would now address the conference by video-link from Washington on Tuesday, after Bolsonaro's speech.

Like Trump, the "Mr Clean" Bolsonaro surfed a populist wave to ride to power, vowing an end to rampant corruption and a restoration of law and order in Brazil.