Bolsonarism After Bolsonaro
While Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has been voted out of office, the forces that empowered him retain considerable economic, political, and cultural influence. In many ways, those forces will make or break President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s tenure.
SÃO PAULO – Brazil has elected a new president by electing an old president. The Workers’ Party’s Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, who held the office from 2003 to 2010, defeated the far-right incumbent, Jair Bolsonaro, in the second-round runoff. But that does not mean what Bolsonaro represented has been defeated.