The victory of Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, better known as ‘Lula’, in Brazil keeps on fueling hopes, disillusions, debates and questions in Latin America and worldwide. What does it mean for the country’s foreign and domestic politics? How will Lula govern, given he is facing a conservative majority in the parliament? How will Jair Bolsonaro, who already had contested ...
By Ana Laura Dagorret / Rio da Janeiro* Bolsonaro’s defeat in last Sunday’s presidential election in Brazil reveals two scenarios. On one hand, the political and economic direction to be taken by the government that will take office on January 1. On the other hand, the political future of the greatest extreme right-wing leader that the South American giant has ...
By Fernando Esteche * Lula achieved, despite the very complex architecture of alliances that he developed, 2 million more votes that allowed him to maintain his minimal advantage to consecrate himself as the electoral winner. In São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro the elected president lost. In Minas Gerais there was a technical tie. The surpassing 3,300,000 votes that he ...
Reporting from Brazil Brazil is going through a decisive moment in its history. We are just a few hours away from knowing who will be the head of the Executive Power for the next four years in the largest economy and in the largest democracy in Latin America. Although this is happening in the post-pandemic era, we are clearly still ...
Brazil has completed the first round of presidential elections, with favorite candidate Lula da Silva from Workers’ Party taking the lead. On October, the second round will take place, with Lula competing solely with incumbent President Jair Bolsonaro. Ahead of the second round, we spoke with representatives of the Workers’ Party about Lula’s expected foreign policy. Our interlocutors were Daniela ...
The most dramatic evaluation on the Colombian presidential election results of past Sunday came from the Washington Post. Take a read: “For more than two centuries, Colombia was considered a conservative stalwart in Latin America. Even as leftist governments came and went across the region, a center-right political establishment remained in control — a continuity that cemented the country’s role ...
Reporting from Natal, Rio Grande do Norte The Unified Workers’ Central from Brazil (CUT) was founded in 1983, when the country was still going through the last military dictatorship (1964-1985). The (CUT), along with the Workers’ Party (PT) and the Landless Rural Workers’ Movement (MST), was one of the key organizations that challenged the Brazilian military’s strikes in automobile factories ...
Colombia heads today, May 29 to presidential elections. Gustavo Petro, candidate of the Colombia Humana, heads to polls, but failing to pass the 50% threshold to win the elections in the first round. The second round between the two leading candidates is scheduled for June 19. Ahead of the elections, we spoke with Gloria Flores Schneider, a member of the ...
By Odile Mojon-Cheminade * Despite a protest vote that has grown significantly during his mandate, Emmanuel Macron has been re-elected. A re-election that seemed, against all odds, very likely. For as brilliant as the strategy that allowed him this stunt was – letting the media do the campaigning for him while his opponents were sabotaging themselves – his re-election leaves ...
Sent from Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil During the end of March and April, United World had an incredible opportunity to share the intense political agenda of Joao Pedro Stédile, accompanying him through various locations in, one of the most representative states of the Brazilian northeast, Rio Grande do Norte (RN). The leader and National Coordinator of the Landless Workers ...