Brazil’s Right Will Have Power Beyond the Presidency
The first-round election result underscored a conservative ascendancy rooted in Congress and the states, with implications for the Bolsonaro family and more.
SÃO PAULO—The surprise results of Brazil's general election on Sunday revealed a country where the right will increasingly set the terms of politics, regardless of who wins the presidency on October 25. The country’s right has built a broader base across institutions, sharing Trumpism’s ability to mobilize political identity but depending less on a single leader’s authority. Across Latin America, right-wing leaders have struggled to translate electoral mandates into governing power or concentrate that power around themselves, and in Brazil, this reality is about to be...
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