from J C

Brazil is lit right now, after conservative presidential candidate Jair Bolsonaro lost the election to committed socialist Lula da Silva yesterday.

Bolsonaro won every part of the country except one: the Nordeste region, where the gangs and drug cartels operate. In one sense, the gangs and drug cartels just picked Brazil’s next president.

Around mid-day yesterday, Joe Biden tweeted that the Brazilian election was “free and fair.” So that tells you a lot right there.

The Brazilian people seem skeptical of the results for a variety of reasons, and are now engaged in widespread protests.