Paulo Kogos

Paulo Hugenneyer Kogos (born May 20, 1986) is a Brazilian far-right political activist, YouTuber and digital influencer. Kogos is notable for participating in demonstrations against social isolation during the COVID-19 pandemic. He defines himself as a sedevacantist catholic, anarcho-capitalist and a conservative.

Personal life Paulo Kogos is the son of gynaecologist Waldemar Kogos and dermatologist Ligia Kogos. The latter is known as the "Queen of Botox" and has among her clients Marcela Temer, Beth Szafir, and Amaury Jr.

Kogos states that he has Asperger syndrome, although he has not received a diagnosis.

Military service and education Kogos claims that he studied at the Reserve Officers' Training Centre (CPOR) in 2005, graduating to reserve officer aspirant in the communications branch of the Brazilian Army. – and a supposed postgraduate degree in Economics from Mackenzie University. In April 2020, Kogos was reportedly in his second year of undergraduate studies in philosophy at the São Bento Monastery, São Paulo.

Political activism

Views Paulo Kogos became known for his controversial political statements on his YouTube channel Ocidente em Fúria. and the defense of the Catholic Church against "moral devastation." He supports Jair Bolsonaro and has stated that he was "brave" for denouncing Christophobia at the 75th session of the UN General Assembly.

COVID-19 pandemic Some journalists accuse Paulo Kogos of being a COVID-19 denialist. He has described COVID as "a virus slightly worse than a little flu" and stated that the World Health Organisation "should be militarily wiped out by armed commandos." He has used his YouTube channel to discredit COVID vaccination.

Even though João Doria, the then-governor of São Paulo, is his family's friend, Kogos began to declare himself a fierce opponent of Doria and the social isolation measures he had decreed, promoting a campaign of opposition.

In the same month of April, Kogos had his Twitter account deleted for posting inappropriate content. He received 33,109 votes, placing first in his party, but failed to be elected since the PTB did not reach the electoral quota.

Social media activity A study by the Faculty of Social and Human Sciences of NOVA University Lisbon identified Paulo Kogos' YouTube channel as one of the dominant voices in the ecosystem of Brazilian right-populist movements on that platform. The ForceAtlas2 algorithm and the Modularity and Weighted Average Degree metrics allowed the detection of an entire community centered on his channel. It is inserted in the network dominated by Movimento Brasil Livre and the other dominated by anarcho-capitalist channel Ideias Radicais, acting as a bridge between both groups' communities.

Literary references Paulo Kogos appears in the libertarian children's book Anya e o Mistério do Sumiço do Cãozinho Galt in the role of Kogros the Terrible, "a boy who thought he was an ogre."