I do want to underscore this should not be read as a victory of the left. It's a victory of Lula and a narrow victory. And it's Lula the person. It's not so much Lula from the PT as the party that won.

Wendy Hunter

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Wendy Hunter is a Professor of Government at the University of Texas Austin. Recently, she cowrote an article with Timothy Power in the Journal of Democracy called “Lula’s Second Act.”

Key Highlights

Introduction - 0:36Lula - 2:16The 2022 Presidential Election - 13:01Bolsonaro - 20:45January 8th - 27:18


Key Links

"Lula's Second Act" in the Journal of Democracy by Wendy Hunter and Timothy J. Power

"Bolsonaro and Brazil’s Illiberal Backlash" in the Journal of Democracy by Wendy Hunter and Timothy J. Power

"The Normalization of an Anomaly: The Workers' Party in Brazil" in World Politics by Wendy Hunter


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