Commentary
Less than three days after U.S. President Joe Biden gave a speech commemorating the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riots as the worst attack on democracy in the history of mankind, socialist convicted felon and new president of Brazil, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, has set the tone for his impending crackdown on political opposition.
Lula was sentenced to 12 years in prison for corruption and money laundering in 2018, although the sentence was annulled in 2021 by Brazil’s Supreme Court.
Much like the U.S. 2020 presidential election, Brazil saw an incumbent populist, Jair Bolsanaro, swept from power by a left-wing career politician who enjoys the unanimous support of media, academia, the financial sector, and the country’s legal institutions….