Brazil’s New (Old) President w/ Walescka Pino-Ojeda: November 2, 2022

He was barred from running in the 2018 Brazilian presidential election after being imprisoned for corruption and money laundering, however after his charges were nullified, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is back in the same office he occupied from 2003 to 2010.

Lula narrowly won the runoff election against incumbent Jair Bolsonaro, whose time in office was defined by loosening environmental protections and his mishandling of the Covid-19 pandemic. 

To get some more insight into the election, Emilia spoke to Associate Professor Walescka Pino-Ojeda, Director of the New Zealand Centre for Latin American Studies.