On the streets, Lula's supporters are mobilising to bring about a comeback for the incumbent president: students, labor unions, grassroots activists and artists are holding a growing number of rallies against Flávio Bolsonaro. In São Paulo, gig-economy delivery workers have even led their own versions of the motorbike caravans popularised by Jair Bolsonaro and taken up by his son as part of his signature campaign style. They support Lula while demanding that his administration provide the social protections for which they are still waiting.

On 8 September, as part of a joint initiative involving twelve countries, the UK foreign secretary made a statement to the House of Commons announcing new sanctions targeting Israeli settlements in the West Bank. Most notably, Ed Miliband condemned the ‘ethnic cleansing' taking place there. The measures he detailed will target ‘specific companies and individuals who provide services such as construction, infrastructure, financing, or real estate for settlement expansion'. This move is (…)