Back to Bolsonaro?

29.09.2026 12:30 - 13:30English

Or fourth term for Lula in Brazil?

Photo: Agência Senado/Ricardo Stuckert

Will Brazil swing back to Bolsonarism this autumn?  Brazilians head for the polls on October 4th, and two presidential candidates steal most of the attention.

Incumbent Lula da Silva competes for a fourth non-consecutive term as the country’s president. His main competitor is Flávio Bolsonaro, son of former president Jair Bolsonaro – now convicted on attempted coup and serving prison time.

Our panel will discuss the upcoming election, both the presidential and the less-covered local and legislative elections, as well as the recent supreme court scandal – and position this year’s Brazilian election in a larger context.

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Bergen Global
Jekteviksbakken 31, Bergen

29.09.2026
12:30 - 13:30
English
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Leiv Marsteintredet
Professor, UiB

Leiv Marsteintredet researches political institutions, human rights, democracy and political crises in Latin America.

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José Zurita-Tapia
José Zurita-Tapia
PhD candidate, UiB

José Zurita-Tapia is a PhD Candidate in Comparative Politics at UiB.

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Sofia Rolim
PhD candidate, UiB

Sofia Rolim (she/her) is a PhD candidate at the Department of Government, UiB, and at the São Paulo Faculty of Law, FGV.

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Yuri Kasahara
Forsker II, OsloMet

Yuri Kasahara does research on policy development, implementation and consequences in different sectors. His regional expertise is in Latin America, particularly Brazil.

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Leiv Marsteintredet

Professor, UiB

Leiv Marsteintredet researches political institutions, human rights, democracy and political crises in Latin America.

He is head of Department of Comparative Politics at UiB.

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José Zurita-Tapia

PhD candidate, UiB
José Zurita-Tapia
Eivind Senneset, UiB

José Zurita-Tapia is a PhD Candidate in Comparative Politics at UiB.

Zurita-Tapia researches pre-electoral coalitions in Latin America. Among his research interests are political parties, executive studies and executive-legislative relations. He holds a BA in International Relations from USFQ, Ecuador and a MA in Comparative Politics from FLACSO, Ecuador. He is the deputy Director of the Ecuadorian Association of Political Science (AECIP), and a member of the Executive Committee of ALACIP Youth Section (ALACIP Joven).

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Sofia Rolim

PhD candidate, UiB

Sofia Rolim (she/her) is a PhD candidate at the Department of Government, UiB, and at the São Paulo Faculty of Law, FGV.

Sofia researches social movements and state violence.

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Yuri Kasahara

Forsker II, OsloMet

Yuri Kasahara does research on policy development, implementation and consequences in different sectors. His regional expertise is in Latin America, particularly Brazil.

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