nam 22 uu 4500 10.17176/20210313-034014-0 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 210312s2021||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.17176/20210313-034014-0 doi eng 342 23 Oliveira de Sousa, Felipe Author aut Lula’s Power is Brazil’s Arm The importance of strong political opposition for fighting COVID-19 in Brazil Oliveira de Sousa, Felipe Verfassungsblog 2021-03-12 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier 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. funded by the government CC BY-SA 4.0 Bolsonaro COVID 19 Lula da Silva Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://staging.verfassungsblog.de/lulas-power-is-brazils-arm/ raw object