Brazilian here.

A year ago, the prices of food were through the roof, public opinion was against Lula and there were protests because of it all.

Now?

The far right is sinking faster than the Bismark, Lula is in a good position to be reelected without a run-off election and prices are going down again (we even had a bit of deflation in August).

A lot of this has to do with The Orange Pustule’s reaction to the conviction of his criminal friend Boslonaro. In the end, Drumpf is the best campaign manager Lula could hope for.

Let me be pedantic for a while. Ema (Rhea Americana) is not exotic, it’s a native bird of South America.

In Brazil, only murder cases go to jury trial, but even then, it’s very different from the US. Here, jurors can interview witnesses and there’s no deliberations between them, they go one at a time to a room with the presiding judge and cast a secret ballot, simple majority convicts or not. All other crimes are decided by the judge from the bench.

Oh, and our judges don’t use gavels…