WORLD_ ‘Trump of the tropics’ in tough battle for second term in Brazil

THE WASHINGTON TIMES

‘Trump of the tropics’ in tough battle for second term in Brazil

Brazil’s former president, who is running for reelection, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, left, appears in Sao Paulo, Brazil, July 3, 2022, and Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, right, attends a meeting on June 9, 2022, in Los Angeles. (AP Photos) ... more >

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By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times - Wednesday, September 7, 2022


Tension in South America’s biggest country is once again on a knife-edge ahead of Brazil‘s Oct. 2 presidential election, with the political cage match between maverick populist President Jair Bolsonaro and former President and leftist icon Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva drawing comparisons to the bitter partisan divisions and chaotic aftermath of the 2020 presidential campaign in the United States.

Mr. Bolsonaro, often dubbed the so-called “Trump of the tropics,” has consistently trailed in the polls to Mr. da Silva, amid growing concern of violence whatever the outcome in Brazil — the top U.S. trade partner in South America and the second most powerful economy in the Western Hemisphere. The result could mark either a major gain for or a sharp rebuke to the recent trends across the continent in which leftist candidates across South America have returned to power after a period of right-wing successes.

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