http://dx.doi.org/10.17176/20210313-034014-0 https://staging.verfassungsblog.de/lulas-power-is-brazils-arm/ Lula’s Power is Brazil’s Arm Oliveira de Sousa, Felipe eng 2021-03-12 electronic resource text/html ddc:342 Bolsonaro COVID 19 Lula da Silva Verfassungsblog Verfassungsblog--2366-7044 CC BY-SA 4.0 On 8 March 2021, Judge Edson Fachin from the Brazilian Supreme Court made a decision that frees former President Lula from all his convictions. This might decisively affect the course of the next presidential elections in Brazil, in 2022, as it puts former President Lula back in the presidential race. Perhaps even more importantly, its consequences might help in the fight against the Covid-19 crisis in Brazil.