Over the course of 2026, Latin America has been the target of a seemingly unrestricted U.S. imperialism, including the kidnapping of Maduro and the intensification of the blockade on Cuba. What’s more, far right governments have consolidated themselves across the region over the year, in Child, Peru and Colombia. In this context, Lula da Silva's victory over Flavio Bolsonaro is to be celebrated as a victory against U.S. interventionism and fascism. The credit for dealing this blow to Bolsonaro and the U.S. lies squarely with the Brazilian working people, who have demonstrated an extraordinary spirit of collective resistance, solidarity, and determination. Images of Indigenous communities marching long distances carrying red flags to exercise their right to vote, elderly citizens, some over a hundred years old and barely able to walk, being carried or assisted by younger generations to polling stations, captured the remarkable strength of a people refusing to surrender their democracy. These powerful scenes embody Brazil’s long history of popular resistance against exploitation, authoritarianism, and the domination of capital. Millions of working-class Brazilians mobilised not merely to elect Lula, but to confront the resurgence of fascism, the political influence of powerful economic elites, and the militia-linked networks associated with Bolsonaro’s political movement. Far more than an electoral contest, this was an extraordinary demonstration of intergenerational solidarity, political consciousness, and collective courage.