Last year, a group of established names from Brazil’s center-right and center-left published a manifesto in defense of democracy. Co-signed by six presidential hopefuls, the document led parts of the mainstream media to believe in the possibility of a broad front to break the electoral duopoly between far-right President Jair Bolsonaro and his center-left nemesis, former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
One year later, the so-called “third way” is in complete disarray. Less than five months before Election Day, the group of center-right parties has yet to settle on a candidate, nor any semblance of a campaign strategy...
