Brazil Also Fought Fascism!—With Andre Pagliarini
Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva waves supporters after casting his vote during general election day on October 25, 2026, in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
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Hey! Smile! Good things are happening! The United States had an amazing election just now… and we weren’t the only ones. Brazil also recently experienced a massive victory against fascism, with President Lula defeating Flavio Bolsonaro (their equivalent of Don Trump Jr.) in a come-from-behind win that we frankly weren’t expecting.
To get the skinny on Lula, the Brazilian far right, and the lessons we can learn from this election, we spoke with Andre Pagliarini, a scholar of Brazilian politics and the guy who literally wrote the book on President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (the Fighting Fascism family’s second favorite DaSilva).
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