The 2022 Brazilian elections were decisive for the future of the country, as the leftist former president Lula defeated the far-right incumbent Jair Bolsonaro. But beyond the actual vote, the election threw into relief the deep polarization that has recently come to characterize Brazilian politics, family relations, consumer behavior, and media habits. Underlying all this is a huge machine of fake news that we still barely understand that is sustaining the division and threatening Brazilian democracy.

Speaker:

Felipe Nunes
Post-Graduate Program in Political Science
Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
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Sponsor(s): Latin American Institute, Center for Brazilian Studies

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