In her talk with moderator Christine Lutringer, Senior Lecturer and Executive Director of the Albert Hirschman Centre on Democracy, Graziella Moraes Silva considered the factors shaping the vote and reflected on the implications of the elections for Brazil, Latin America, and the wider world.
Graziella Moraes Silva addressed the increase in voter turnout, the mobilisation of grassroots movements and social media campaigning that influenced the result, and how the results reveal a renewed public confidence in representative democracy in Brazil. She also addressed the challenges facing the new government, the opposition of right-wing forces, online betting, environmental policy, public security, and human rights.
She also discussed the global implications of the elections and considered Brazil’s international role, arguing that Lula’s election strengthened prospects for multilateral diplomacy, regional cooperation in Latin America, and efforts to regulate major technology companies, while noting tensions around sovereignty, environmental policy, and relations with China and the United States.