Days after President Lula Da Silva is sworn in, a conspiracy-fuelled mob targets the seat of government in Brazil. The recent invasion of Brazil’s democratic institutions, days after President Lula da Silva was sworn in, looks like a carbon copy of the January 6, 2021 assault on the Capitol in the United States. Like MAGA Americans, many of Jair Bolsonaro’s …
Bolsonaro has gained seats in Congress amid a broader rightward shift that will keep him influential even if Lula wins. Perhaps even more importantly, Bolsonaro’s Liberal Party gave Brazil’s far right its best-ever election night outcome since the country’s return to democracy nearly four decades ago. But even if he loses on October 30, Bolsonaro’s supporters in Congress will have …
