Brazil can be rescued after being turned into a Covid-stricken global outcast by its “psychopath” president Jair Bolsonaro, the politician best placed to defeat him in next year’s presidential election has insisted. I’ve already made things happen in this country,” said Lula, 75. Soon after the court ruled that Sergio Moro, the rightwing judge who jailed Lula before joining Bolsonaro’s cabinet, had treated the former president unfairly. Brazil’s former president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva speaks during a news conference in São Bernardo do Campo near São Paulo, Brazil, in March. Brazil’s top pollster, Datafolha, recently forecast Lula would beat Bolsonaro in a second round run-off by a margin of more than 20%.

Source: The Guardian May 21, 2021 09:00 UTC