In the 2018 Brazilian elections, Jair Bolsonaro won the first round with 46% of the vote and would go on to win the election with 55% of the vote against Fernando Haddad, who replaced Lula as the opposition candidate due to corruption charges. Bolsonaro replaced Michel Temer, who was the replacement for the impeached Dilma Rousseff. Bolsonaro implemented a fascist government for Brazil, which was possible because of his service in the military.

The restoration of Lula's political rights in 2021 played a major role in the 2022 election, whose first round was held on October 2. In the first round, Lula defeated Bolsonaro with 47% of the vote to Bolsonaro's 43%, prompting a second round that would be held on October 30. Bolsonaro said that he would not accept the results of any election that he does not win, and he is intending to challenge the results of the second round to the TSE if he loses. If the TSE challenge fails, he will attempt a coup on the country, but unlike with what happened in America in January 2021, the coup is likely to succeed given the fact that he is backed by the Brazilian armed forces.