AQ Podcast | Brazil: A Tough Moment for Lula 3
Brazil’s Lula is dealing with a selloff in financial markets and an increasingly hostile Congress. How has Brazilian politics changed since his first term in office two decades ago?
In Brazil, unemployment is at a record low, inflation is under control and growth projections are being revised up. However, the Lula administration is having a hard time moving forward with expected reforms, and financial markets are reacting negatively. This episode dissects the forces behind these trends. Why is Lula facing resistance in Congress What are the economic debates under way inside the administration, and who is winning How is Lula himself handling the challenges of a third term Our guest is political analyst Celso Rocha de Barros, a sociologist, an analyst for Brazil's Central...
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