Latin American democracy is being put to the test in Brazil and Venezuela.
At stake is whether the left-wing government in either country can countenance the idea of legitimate opposition.
The day after losing Brazil’s presidential election, Senator Flavio Bolsonaro had his personal and diplomatic passports confiscated and was ordered not to leave Brazil.
Earlier, as Brazilians went to the polls Sunday to choose between Bolsonaro and leftist incumbent leftist President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado was back in her home country for the first time…
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