São Paulo, the largest city in Brazil, backed Lula by exactly 11 points in Sunday's presidential election. Out of the city's 96 districts, Lula carried 67 and Flávio Bolsonaro 29.
Lula has won a nearly insurmountable challenge: from being behind by 2 million votes and endorsed by none of the remaining candidates, the methalworker and historic union leader has defeated the far-right Bolsonaro family again. Why?
Lula has won a nearly insurmountable challenge: from being behind by 2 million votes and endorsed by none of the remaining candidates, the methalworker and historic union leader has defeated the far-right Bolsonaro family again. Why?
Congress, not to mention his blatantly submissive stance on foreign policy (offering to sell Brazil's 1808 state bank to the USA).
Lula will face severe challenges in his last mandate as President. But I am extremely happy: we defeated a fascist militiaman,
who promised to defund basic science, free his putschist father, open up the Amazon for mining and FRACKING (!), and who attacked universities.
I believe that the entire world is happy at this result, not only Brazil.
