L uiz Inácio Lula da Silva , Brazil’s new left-wing president, has a tricky job ahead of him. The country is more polarised than at any time since its return to democracy in 1985. In January supporters of Jair Bolsonaro, his right-wing populist predecessor, stormed Congress, the presidential palace and the Supreme Court in Brasília, the capital. They did so to try to overturn the election result, in which Lula (as he is known) won by just 1.8 percentage points. Fully 39% of those polled still think that the election was rigged; younger Brazilians are particularly prone to support the former president. The parallels with the United States are uncanny. But Lula wants to ensure that, unlike Mr Bolsonaro’s idol Donald Trump, his predecessor cannot make a comeback.
巴西新任左翼总统LuizinácioLulada Silva的工作艰难。自1985年重返民主以来，该国比任何时候都更加两极分化。他的右翼民粹主义前任杰伊·博尔森罗（Jair Bolsonaro）在一月份的支持者袭击了国会，总统宫殿和首都布拉西利亚的最高法院。他们这样做是为了推翻选举结果，其中卢拉（众所周知）赢得了1.8个百分点。被调查的人中有39％的人仍然认为选举被操纵。年轻的巴西人特别容易支持前总统。与美国的相似之处是不可思议的。但是卢拉希望确保与博尔森罗先生的偶像唐纳德·特朗普不同，他的前任无法卷土重来。
