On Sunday, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva made a comeback by defeating President Jair Bolsonaro in Brazil’s heated runoff elections. In this episode, Maedeh is joined by Brazilian journalist and expert Raphael Tsavkko Garcia to dissect Brazil’s election results. Garcia provides his distinguished expertise on Brazilian politics to help us understand what to expect from the newly elected Lula, geopolitics and more.

Topics discussed:

How Brazil’s role in foreign affairs will shift

Lula’s position on Ukraine-Russia and Palestine-Israel

The rise of political violence in Brazil

Why who is picked as Chancellor matters