On 8 March, Brazil’s Supreme Court Justice Edson Fachin annulled all convictions against former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. This caused a tsunami in Brazilian politics, as it placed the most important leader of Latin America’s Left back in the electoral game.
If the decision had been made earlier, Lula could have run against Jair Bolsonaro in the 2018 presidential elections, with a great chance of winning. How different Brazil would be today – with a leader who does not try to convince the population against vaccines, attack social distancing measures, or deny science.
