Since the beginning of President Jair Bolsonaro’s tenure in office, one member of his Cabinet has championed the evangelical cause above all the rest. That would be Minister of Human Rights, Women and Family Damares Alves. She has led a sometimes silent, sometimes vocal campaign to push policy priorities favored by evangelical conservatives. Alves is a former preacher who, on the day she was sworn in as a Cabinet minister, shared a viral video where she cheers, “Girls wear pink and boys wear blue.” Reporter Michael Fox has this profile.
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