Bolsonaro's Transition Is Going to Be a Lot Harder Than It Was When He Took Office in 2003

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Lula won by just around 2 million votes, a tiny razor thin margin. Congress is now full of Bolsonaroista allies who were elected in the elections earlier in October. To do his top priority, boosting spending to alleviate poverty, will require some pretty tricky economic reforms and changes to the Constitution.

Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, a leftist former president, has won again. Even if President Jair Bolsonaro gracefully concedes, his followers and fellow party members will make Lula’s hard job harder. We ask why California’s green-tinged Democratic governor is against a progressive ballot initiative on electric vehicles. And our say on the bread of the day of the dead. For full access to print, digital and audio editions of The Economist, subscribe here www.economist.com/intelligenceoffer