Brazil Feels Almost Normal Again
After January’s chaos, Brazil’s economy and politics seem to have returned to a more solid footing, writes AQ’s editor-in-chief.
Leer en español | Ler em português SÃO PAULO — When Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva took office on New Year’s Day, one of his trickiest problems was what to do about Brazil’s military. Many members of the 350,000-strong force not only supported Jair Bolsonaro in the 2022 election but flirted with numerous plots to overturn the result. They stood by for a suspiciously long time when rioters stormed Brazil’s presidential palace, Congress, and Supreme Court in a failed insurrection attempt on January 8. Two weeks later, Lula fired the head of the Army. Faced with the specter of...
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