"...a tight but fair election..."
I find your optimism delightful, but given the media propaganda I am availed, I cannot corroborate your description of Lula's electoral victory. While I make no claim to being particularly well informed regarding the aftermath of that election, I do recall Bolsonaro restraining massive crowds of supporters from taking any direct actions to oppose that result. Because of that I find the accusation he sought to overthrow the government that claimed electoral victory highly unlikely, and his conviction likely politically motivated. I am astounded that the Brazilian justices have volunteered to be sanctioned under the Magnitsky Act by President Trump, and daren't even guess as to the emoluments that might induce them to invite that trouble.
"...Alexandre de Moraes...has positioned himself as a staunch defender of democratic institutions."
I am also baffled by this characterization of Moraes, whom has done everything in his power to censor Brazilian media and it's people, which is utterly antidemocratic. Certainly the court itself isn't a democratic institution, as it's justices are appointed, IIRC.
I sincerely hope you and yours are improving the conditions you meet with regarding electrical power. I have confidence that you are better at rising above such challenges than am I, of your familiarity with the matter. While I have lived for months at a time without 'shore power', living in the woods, I had the benefit of communities and infrastructure constantly availed power that I could turn to when I needed to.
Thanks!
Hello my friend. Regarding my first claim, I think there is broad consensus on it, or at least little reasoned opposition to it. There was a hard-fought election, but one that Lula won “fair and square,” that is, by a narrow margin but still a valid one to declare his victory. What you say does not go against this claim, but rather against the idea that Bolsonaro incited the unrest against Brazil’s democratic institutions. Personally, I believe that since he did not accept his defeat, he at least indirectly contributed to creating the conditions for what happened. If Bolsonaro had conceded, I don’t think his loyal supporters would have unleashed their irrationality in the Praça dos Três Poderes. As for the second claim you mention, I only meant how De Moraes presents himself, or how he projects himself to the world, without validating that those are in fact his deepest and truest intentions.
Thanks always for your sound feedback here.
I didn't go into detail, because I don't trust my sources (nor do I remember specific claims, years later), but there was broad consensus hereabouts that the election was fraudulent. That's why I referred to 'the propaganda I am availed'.
As to the second matter, I do understand your meaning now.