Brazil - Election outlook for security policy

While a Lula administration’s security policy remains undefined, continued mano dura policies under Bolsonaro pose a threat to human rights and will likely harm Brazil’s overall security environment.

We are hosting a Twitter Space with Catherine Osborn, the author of Foreign Policy’s Latin America Brief, next Thursday, November 3, at 11am EDT to discuss the results of the second round of Brazil’s presidential election. This event is open to the public, and you can access it from here. We hope you will join us! 

Key points:

• Homicides are down from the …