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    Lula’s Historic Comeback in a Rightward-Shifting Brazil

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    Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has once again rewritten Brazil’s electoral history. At 80, the historic leader of the Workers’ Party (PT) has become the first Brazilian president to win four presidential elections. His October 25 victory was also unprecedented: Since Brazil’s return to democracy, no presidential candidate who finished second in the first round… Continue reading Lula’s Historic Comeback in a Rightward-Shifting Brazil
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      We Will Never Forget the Brazilians Who Did It, nor the Brazilians Who Supported Them

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      For 21 days, we feared waking up to a Brazil that the citizenry handed over to our worst members. We narrowly escaped, not because there were too few people willing to push us over the edge, but despite them. And no one can claim they didn’t know. For 21 days, I lived with a knot… Continue reading We Will Never Forget the Brazilians Who Did It, nor the Brazilians Who Supported Them
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