ASSESSMENTS
In Brazil, Difficult Negotiations Await the Next President
Apr 25, 2018 | 18:10 GMT

Former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva surrendered to police on April 7, 2018, to begin serving a 12-year prison sentence for corruption. His imprisonment has injected a large degree of uncertainty into Brazil's presidential race.
(VICTOR MORIYAMA/Getty Images)
Highlights
- The arrest of former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva will force the Workers' Party to back the candidacy of another center-left candidate, such as Ciro Gomes, in the October presidential election.
- Outsiders, including right-wing lawmaker Jair Bolsonaro, environmentalist Marina Silva and former Supreme Court President Joaquim Barbosa, will have the best chances of reaching a runoff in the presidential election.
- Whoever wins Brazil's presidential election will have to contend with a highly fragmented Congress that will obstruct the victor in passing legislation.
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