There have been three stunning elections in the world this year, all won by pro-Democratic candidates: In April, then-Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán suffered a lopsided defeat , ending his radically regressive 16-year reign, despite the White House’s intervention on his behalf . Incredibly enough, yesterday, the U.S. White House encouraged Orban to consider running for UN secretary-general, indicating that he will also be supported by Russian and China. New Prime Minister Péter Magyar, faced with significant challenges, seems to be moving ahead to uproot years and illiberalism and corruption to rebuild a Hungarian democracy. Then yesterday, the 14-year rein of Serbian strongman Aleksandar Vucic crashed, opposed by a progressive student movement . Also yesterday, Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva won a surprising fourth term, defeating Flávio Bolsonaro , son of Jair Bolsonaro, who four years ago attempted a Trump-type coup that failed and sent him to prison. In Is...
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