A Victory for Democracy in Brazil?

Abstract

Despite Jair Bolsonaro’s persistent efforts to undermine public trust in the 2022 election results, his defeat was upheld and Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva returned to the presidency. But the subsequent storming of government offices by Bolsonaro’s supporters, along with other challenges facing Lula, left the country at an uncertain juncture.

Conspiracy Theory and the Foreign Policy of the Far Right: The Case of Jair Bolsonaro’s Brazil (2019-2021)

“…Bolsonaro's followers invaded and physically depredated Brazil's Presidential Palace, as well as the installations of the National Congress and the Supreme Court. For more information, see Atencio and Sanglard (2023).…”