Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva—or “Lula”—has beaten out Jair Bolsonaro in Brazil’s most recent presidential election. In the election, Lula secured 50.8 percent of the votes while Bolsonaro was just...

This piece, authored by Wade Boich '15, appeared in the Fall 2013 print issue. When the typical American thinks about Brazil, one of the first things that comes to mind is soccer. The South American...