With Brazil’s democracy pulled back from the cliff, the success of the Lula campaign offers insights about how to stem the authoritarian tide elsewhere.
https://fourninesecurity.de/en/2022/12/20/democratic-resilience-lessons-from-brazils-election
Jair Bolsonaro’s failed bid for a second term during Brazil’s recent presidential election was nothing short of remarkable: never before since the country’s democratization in the 1980s had a president been voted out of office. The incumbency advantage, which allows the acting government to dramatically increase spending to temporarily boost approval ratings prior to elections, explains why in the past…
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