TOM EATON | Small election turnouts often produce big — and wild — results
The people of Brazil have just proved that what most people really want is simply the other lot
31 October 2022 - 19:58
Election results seem to be fairly negotiable these days and at the time of writing Jair Bolsonaro hadn’t yet conceded defeat, but if nothing dramatic happens it looks as if the people of Brazil have decided that a corrupt, Amazon-burning left-wing government is slightly preferable to a corrupt, Amazon-burning right-wing government, at least until they change their minds again...
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