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Explaining Brazil · Friday · 42 min

Lula re-elected, Flávio on the run

Flávio Bolsonaro refused to accept his defeat in Brazil’s presidential runoff and left the country within 24 hours of a Supreme Court order to surrender his passports. He landed in Miami with a humanitarian stay permit, raising questions about the roles Argentina and the Trump administration played in his exit. In this episode, Gustavo Ribeiro and James Green (Brown University and the Brazil Office Alliance) unpack Flávio’s escape and what it means for Bolsonarismo, which still commands roughly 30% of the electorate. They discuss the talk of amnesty in Congress, the challenges Lula faces in holding his coalition together, and the early jockeying for 2030, from Tarcísio de Freitas to Lula’s search for a successor. They also look ahead to the US midterms and how a Democratic House could reshape Washington’s approach to Brazil and the Bolsonaros’ legal standing in the US. This is the final episode of the partnership between The Brazilian Report and the Brazil Office Alliance. Subscribe to the Brazil Office newsletter: braziloffice.org Read more at brazilian.report Music: ‘Easy To Find’ by Corinne on #Uppbeat https://uppbeat.io/c/corinne License code: 6JAXJOOQCZMHM0HR

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Flávio Bolsonaro refused to accept his defeat in Brazil’s presidential runoff and left the country within 24 hours of a Supreme Court order to surrender his passports. He landed in Miami with a humanitarian stay permit, raising questions about the roles Argentina and the Trump administration played in his exit.

In this episode, Gustavo Ribeiro and James Green (Brown University and the Brazil Office Alliance) unpack Flávio’s escape and what it means for Bolsonarismo, which still commands roughly 30% of the electorate. They discuss the talk of amnesty in Congress, the challenges Lula faces in holding his coalition together, and the early jockeying for 2030, from Tarcísio de Freitas to Lula’s search for a successor. They also look ahead to the US midterms and how a Democratic House could reshape Washington’s approach to Brazil and the Bolsonaros’ legal standing in the US.

This is the final episode of the partnership between The Brazilian Report and the Brazil Office Alliance.

Subscribe to the Brazil Office newsletter: braziloffice.org
Read more at brazilian.report

Music: ‘Easy To Find’ by Corinne on #Uppbeat https://uppbeat.io/c/corinne
License code: 6JAXJOOQCZMHM0HR

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