What a new president in Brazil could mean for science

Science-friendly candidate Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is leading the election polls ahead of current President Jair Bolsonaro.

Former Brazilian president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is the frontrunner to become the country’s next leader.In June, the Brazilian Academy of Sciences issued a report to the various candidates competing to be Brazil’s next president, calling for investments in science, education and sustainable development. Only one responded.

“There’s no money to run labs, maintain infrastructure and replace equipment,” says Mercedes Bustamante, an ecologist at the University of Brasilia.Credit: Cicero Bezerra/Getty “We have to reconstruct the whole system,” says Helena Nader, a molecular biologist at the Federal University of São Paulo and current president of the Brazilian academy.Lula made his name on the international stage by putting in place an enforcement system that helped to reduce deforestation in Brazil by around 80% between 2004 and 2012.

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