brazillian here, the scenario is panic inducing yes but its not lost yet, there were 5m blank votes and 32m abstentions, more than enough to make up the difference between lula and flavio plus other right wing candidates, with a course correction it can turn around, just as flavio got a head start, we also elected at least two congresspersons that openly claim themselves marxist-leninist and speaks the need of a communist revolution for the first time since the end of the mil dictatorship, those are Jones Manoel e Elias Jabour, besides them there was also a increase in quality of the elected left gradually replacing the post modern left that contributed in the depoliticization of the people and lastly the hoxaist party Unidade Popular doubled their presidential vote from last election even with a very bad campaign. the challenges are many, there is infiltration of neopentecostal churchs, big techs, usa gov, israel and a siege from the other latin american countries, it is only lost when the bell rings on 25th october, until that, gotta hang on, right now we are kinda licking our wounds and dizzy.

in that case, can i ask about the zapatistas? specifically, have they been an effective anti-imperialist force or are they going to end up like rojava?