What Washington May Misread in Brazil’s Election
President Lula and Flávio Bolsonaro have more in common than meets the eye on key issues, including trade with China and critical minerals.
SÃO PAULO—Brazil’s October election presents Washington with a genuine foreign-policy contrast. President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s platform places strategic autonomy, universalist diplomacy, BRICS, and the Global South at the center of Brazil’s international role. Meanwhile, Senator Flávio Bolsonaro’s campaign promises to repair relations with the U.S. and other traditional partners, restore a more pragmatic diplomacy, and give greater weight to trade, investment, and engagement with Western institutions such as the OECD. Yet this does not translate neatly into a...
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