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Bolsonaro’s defeat and Lula’s comeback

After four years of right-wing populist Jair Messias Bolsonaro, Brazil embraces again, for the third time, the leftist vision of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. Lula left the Planalto Palace on December 31, 2010, with an approval rating of over…

Il mid-term di Biden: da Capitol Hill a Kyiv

 C’è la regola storica: il partito del presidente in carica perde quasi sempre le elezioni di mid-term. E’ successo, per stare agli ultimi decenni, a Bill Clinton, Barack Obama e Donald Trump, con la sola eccezione di Bush figlio nel 2002.…

The Democrats’ uphill path to the Hill

On November 8, 2022, the US will hold midterm elections. They are often a referendum on the party in power and, historically, the president’s party usually loses seats - if not control of one or both chambers. For many months, Republicans…