On the brazilian left there's not just the p t. There's the socialism and liberty party, or peso,. They're candidate for mayor of salpaulo in 20 20. Giebul s made it to the run off against the conservative mayor from the p s d b. But was this a significant moment for the left? Have the bosonato years changed the balance of power on the left?
Bolsonaro is presiding over mass COVID deaths and the destruction of the Amazon. Lula is free and polling way ahead for next year's presidential election. But the conditions that brought the far-right to power remain in place. Sociologist Sabrina Fernandes and historian Andre Pagliarini on Brazil.
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