https://www.foreignaffairs.com/brazil/what-if-bolsonaro-wont-go-brazil-election-democracy-threat
The Threat to Democracy Looming Over Brazil’s Election
By Oliver Stuenkel
September 29, 2022
Days ahead of Brazil’s October 2 presidential election, the country is facing the most serious challenge to its democracy since its inception 37 years ago. President Jair Bolsonaro, a former army captain, triumphed in 2018 amid a wave of anti-establishment sentiment but is now trailing in the polls in his showdown against former President Luiz Inácio da Silva, or Lula, as he is universally known. Confronted with probable defeat, Bolsonaro has made unsubstantiated claims about voter fraud and publicly insists that the only way the opposition can prevent him from winning a second term is by stealing the election. His rhetoric is finding favor among his..
