Brazil’s Runoff Election Will Have Enormous Effects on the Global Climate Crisis
Aerial view of an illegal logging operation in Humaitá, Amazonas state, Brazil, on September 17, 2022.
BYC.J. Polychroniou, Truthout
Brazil is now headed toward a rocky presidential runoff vote on October 30, after its October 2 election produced no clear winner between far right populist president Jair Bolsonaro — an outspoken admirer of the brutal military dictatorship that came to power in 1964 by deposing a democratically elected president and lasted until 1985 — and Bolsonaro’s leftist challenger, Lula.
This is a tightly contested election, but polls are giving Lula a clear edge as he has received the endorsement of both the third and fourth finishers. Meanwhile Bolsonaro has indicated on numerous occasions in the past that he will not accept the election result if he loses....










