The victory for the leftist former steelworker, who led the country before going to prison four years ago, shows how populist authoritarians can be beaten.
Lula won because the left and the center feared a second term for the extremist Jair Bolsonaro. But the right won Congress and the governorships. Sound like any place you know?
Securing the northeast, former President Lula da Silva won a narrow victory over incumbent President Jair Bolsonaro in Brazil’s presidential elections.