The Partido dos Trabalhadores (PT) crisis during the Dilma Rousseff government, precipitated and accelerated by the political-economic crisis of 2014, strengthened Bolsonarist ideology and the Brazilian new right, which are part of the context of the rise of New Right populism at an international level.

[6][7] Bolsonarism was the predominant ideology of the Bolsonaro government and is associated with rhetoric defending the family, patriotism, conservatism, religion and authoritarianism, neo-fascism, anti-communism, scientific denialism, carrying weapons, rejection of human rights and the aversion to the political left, as well as the cult of the figure of Bolsonaro, often called a "myth".

[4][13] Writer Olavo de Carvalho is often cited as having been the guru of the Bolsonarist ideology.

[14][15][16][17][18] Although former president Bolsonaro defines his government as "free from ideological constraints",[19] he does not recognize Bolsonarism as an ideology, his followers — pejoratively called "Bolsominions" — diverge between those who agree with Bolsonaro[20] and those who flaunt the term to express their political position.

[22][23][24][25][26][27][28] Not long after its Brazilian release on 7 November 2024, Walter Salles' film I'm Still Here was the target of an unsuccessful boycott.