On Sunday, Brazil elected a polarizing far right populist as its next president.

The news has split the South American country, as some Brazilians hold out hope for what Jair Bolsonaro, a political outsider with a military background who based his campaign on fighting corruption, and his presidency could mean for bucking a status quo they see as having led them to political and economic turmoil.

Others, however, say Bolsonaro displays authoritarian tendencies and take issue with his past comments on women, race, sexuality and praise of Brazil’s past dictatorships. For his part, Bolsonaro has vowed to fight corruption at the highest political levels and defend Brazilian democracy.

But what will his rule mean for an economically depressed country where democracy is only three decades old?

Guest:

Ernesto Londoño, Brazil bureau chief for the New York Times based in Rio de Janeiro; he tweets