A Política Externa de Bolsonaro e a Internacionalização das Fake News

Abstract

From a Habermasian perspective, it is possible to analyze how the fragmentation of the public sphere and the rise of social media in recent years have become central elements in the global political system, accelerating the spread of information—whether true or false—almost instantaneously. In the political context, these platforms have become strategic tools, especially for the global far right, which employs various notions of fake news to delegitimize traditional sources of knowledge and construct parallel realities. This article proposes an analysis of the relationship between Jair Bolsonaro’s foreign policy, the internationalization of these fabricated narratives, and their structural impacts on the public sphere, considering the ideological rise of the far right enabled by the emergence of new media. It focuses on a critical investigation of the president’s speeches in international settings and the accompanying discourse on social media.