By Fernando Esteche* I Flávio Bolsonaro finished first. With all precincts tallied, he garnered 56.1 million votes, 47.03 percent of the valid ballots, while Lula da Silva received 53.9 million, or 45.16 percent. This represents a difference of 2.2 million votes in a country of 158 million registered voters. Polls, as in previous elections, had predicted the opposite outcome until ...
On February 9, President Lula da Silva, following the tradition that characterized his two previous governments of visiting the United States in his first months in office, landed at Saint Andrews Air Base, in the state of Maryland. From there, he went with his official entourage to the residence of the presidential guests, the Blair House, located in Washington D.C. ...
After being relentlessly persecuted, former President Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva returns to the Brazilian political arena. A victim of lawfare, he was convicted and sent to prison in 2018, where he spent 580 days behind bars. The resultant was Bolsonaro’s victory. Ever since, political and social tensions have grown. The coronavirus crisis may aggravate the situation. The maneuver was ...