(1) LULA IS BACK! BUT WHICH WAY FORWARD NOW FOR BRAZIL? - YouTube A Workers’ International Network meeting - November 2022 In a stunning comeback, Lula da Silva, leader of the Partido dos Trabalhadores (PT, Workers’ Party) has returned to power in Brazil. The results were close, but as the incoming president Lula will come under intense and growing challenges both from the rich elite around … [Read more...]
BRAZIL: THE FIGHT AGAINST BOLSONARO AND ENVIRONMENTAL DESTRUCTION
Among the most ferocious regimes of recent times is that of Bolsonaro in Brazil. And now, at its first electoral test since he won the presidency in 2018, his party has suffered a humiliating defeat in local elections. In Sao Paolo and in Recife, it came fourth; in Manaus, fifth; and in Belo Horizonte, it won less than10% of the vote. This is against a background where Brazil’s currency has … [Read more...]