In the space of roughly 10 days, the two largest democracies in the Americas delivered setbacks to the populist right. In Brazil, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva staged a narrow but remarkable comeback, defeating Flavio Bolsonaro, the son of former president Jair Bolsonaro, in a run-off election after trailing in the first round. This week, American voters handed control of both chambers of the US Congress to Democrats in a sharp rebuke of candidates riding on US President Donald Trump’s “Make America...
US and Brazil deliver double blow to the populist right. Will Europe feel the impact?
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SCMP - Feed 91By Khushboo Razdan
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
In the space of roughly 10 days, the two largest democracies in the Americas delivered setbacks to the populist right. In Brazil, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva staged a narrow but remarkable comeback, defeating Flavio Bolsonaro, the son of former president Jair Bolsonaro, in a run-off election after trailing in the first round. This week, American voters handed control of both chambers of the US Congress to Democrats in a sharp rebuke of candidates riding on US President Donald Trump’s “Make America
Key Takeaways
- US and Brazil deliver double blow to the populist right.
- Will Europe feel the impact?.
- In the space of roughly 10 days, the two largest democracies in the Americas delivered setbacks to the populist right.
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