Emerging Center-Left Alliances in Brazil and Colombia

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Across Latin America, political observers are watching the rise of left-leaning coalitions in Brazil and Colombia, two countries preparing for presidential elections in 2022 with extremely unpopular rightwing incumbents whose popularity numbers have cratered. Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro seems destined to lose to former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva of the center-left Partido dos Trabalhadores (PT). In Colombia, President Iván Duque is barred by law from running for reelection, and the front runner is former leftist guerrilla, former Mayor of Bogotá, and current Senator, Gustavo Petro of the Colombia Humana party and the Pacto Histórico coalition. Pundits and political scientists offered thoughts on the implications for the region, and for democracy itself.

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