How Brazil's democracy stepped back from the cliff

Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva waves to supporters iin Sà£o Paulo, Brazil, on Oct. 30.Andre Penner/The Associated Press Oliver Stuenkel is a political analyst and a professor at the School of International Relations at Fundaà§à£o Getulio Vargas in Sà£o Paulo. Jair Bolsonaro's historic defeat in Brazil's presidential elections yesterday marks the 15th straight opposition victory in Latin America. Over the past years, not a single democratic leader in the region has managed to get re-elected or pick his or her successor. Anti-incumbency sentiment across the region - mostly a product of rising poverty and inequality, low growth and insufficient public…