A BBC reporter on the street in Brazil as national elections approached, asked a clear-eyed passerby what he made of the choice before him (the incumbent, Jair Bolsonaro, or Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva). He replied: “Lula is certainly not the gateway to Paradise, but he is the way out of Hell.” The traveler does […]
Pebble on the Tongue: Fork in a Brazilian Street
A BBC reporter on the street in Brazil as national elections approached, asked a clear-eyed passerby what he made of the choice before him (the incumbent, Jair Bolsonaro, or Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva). He replied: “Lula is certainly not the gateway to Paradise, but he is the way out of Hell.” The traveler does […]