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Brazil’s Election Is a Warning, But Not of the End of the Donroe Doctrine

Andres Martinez-Fernandez

The media and the global left have hailed the apparent reelection of Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva as a turning point for the Latin American left’s electoral future, upending the recent conservative wave in the region and marking the downfall of the Trump administration’s highly successful “Donroe Doctrine” of hemispheric engagement.

In reality, recent events in Brazil tell a story not of the anti-American left’s renewed popular appeal in Latin America, but of Brazil’s ruling party seizing extraordinary judicial power to silence and marginalize the conservative opposition, effectively criminalizing dissent.

There is perhaps no clearer example of this effort than the recent steps of the Brazilian Supreme Court to prosecute opposition presidential candidate Sen. Flávio Bolsonaro, ordering him to surrender his passport less than 24 hours after the election. During the campaign, Lula da Silva publicly threatened to prosecute Bolsonaro if he were to lose the election.

However, it is important to note that Bolsonaro has not been convicted or even charged with any........

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