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“Brazil Elects Lula”, “Lula Makes Stunning Comeback”,”<\/i>The New York Times, BBC News, 30.10.22<\/span><\/p>\n

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In the struggles for democracy, human rights, equality and the environmental survival of the planet, no more important marker of hope for progress has happened than the victory in the presidential election in Brazil today of\u00a0Luiz In\u00e1cio Lula da Silva, or “Lula’ as he is known.<\/p>\n

For the first time since the end of the military dictatorship and the democratic system put in place 34 years ago, a first-term president, Jair Bolsonaro, has been defeated.<\/p>\n

Bolsonaro expressed support for the dictatorship and undermined democracy while in office.<\/p>\n

Lula was the most revered president in Brazil in modern history–perhaps in all Latin America in modern history, from 2002 to 2010.<\/p>\n

Barack Obama called him the most popular politician on the planet.<\/p>\n

After leaving office because of term limits, and after his successor in his party stayed in power another eight years, he would easily have been voted back to the presidency in 2018 if he had not been restricted from running by a corruption case which the Suprme Court subsequently threw out.<\/p>\n

Lula brought more people out of poverty than anyone in Brazilian history, reducing inequality enormously, including protecting indigenous rights.<\/p>\n

Bolsonaro oversaw huge increases in poverty, hunger, threats to indigenous peoples and the second largest national death rate in the world after the US from Covid under his anti-vaccination policies.<\/p>\n

Lula reduced deforestation in the Amazon more than anyone in Brazilian history.<\/p>\n

Bolsonaro increased it more than anyone in Brazilian history.<\/p>\n

We laid out the history and stakes of what was about to occur in this situation in\u00a0The End Of Civilization As We Knew It, Part Ten<\/em><\/a>, four years ago.<\/p>\n

As noted then, the economic boom from oil was not sustainable and without guarantees of basic economic security and human rights for everyone on the planet, nothing will be sustainable. There are many more challenges facing Lula this time around, including a closer vote (though he won by over 2 million votes) and polarization fed by Bolsonaro. But the basic principles of democracy, equality and environmental sustainability have been reinforced at a critical moment.<\/p>\n

We post below the front page article and related articles from the New York Times online tonight and in print tomorrow.<\/p>\n

We also post the front page online article from the BBC News today and related articles, particularly an article on the critical issues related to the Amazon, the lungs of the world as they have been called, and the central impact on climate change.<\/p>\n

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“Brazil Elects Lula, a Leftist Former Leader, in a Rebuke of Bolsonaro”<\/a>, by\u00a0Jack Nicas, with\u00a0Fl\u00e1via Milhorance and Ana Ionova contributed reporting from Rio de Janeiro, Andr\u00e9 Spigariol from Bras\u00edlia and La\u00eds Martins from S\u00e3o Paulo.<\/p>\n

Am\u00e9rica Latina observa con atenci\u00f3n las elecciones en la democracia m\u00e1s poblada de la regi\u00f3n. <\/em>The New York Times ofrece su cobertura tambi\u00e9n en espa\u00f1ol.<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

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