Young vote and sovereignty: Lula marks in Brazil the counterweight to the extreme right-wing wave in Latin America. With 51.79% of the votes, President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva won the second round of the presidential elections in Brazil. The iconic left-wing leader will serve a non-consecutive fourth term at the helm of the Latin American giant. He managed to overcome the two-point deficit he had in the first round, while his opponent Flavio Bolsonaro, the political successor of his father Jair, failed to convince the Brazilian electorate and ended up not knowing the results. What factors gave victory to the octagonal political leader? We analyze it. read more

Young vote and sovereignty: Lula marks in Brazil the counterweight to the extreme right-wing wave in Latin America. With 51.79% of the votes, President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva won the second round of the presidential elections in Brazil. The iconic left-wing leader will serve a non-consecutive fourth term at the helm of the Latin American giant. He managed to overcome the two-point deficit he had in the first round, while his opponent Flavio Bolsonaro, the political successor of his father Jair, failed to convince the Brazilian electorate and ended up not knowing the results. What factors gave victory to the octagonal political leader? We analyze it. read more