Jair Bolsonaro's supporters packed the main avenue of São Paulo on February 25. The right-wing extremist needed to demonstrate that he still holds a significant part of the hearts and minds of Brazilians.

To understand more deeply what he represents, we must go far beyond the large cities of the southeast of the country. A city of 27,000 inhabitants on the Trans-Amazon highway called Medicilandia. Darci Alves Pereira, murderer of the environmentalist Chico Mendes, settled there.