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Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva waves to supporters iin São 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 Fundação Getulio Vargas in São 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...
