The election in Brazil is over, but the country remains divided and there are considerable challenges ahead for President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. In this episode, Brian Winter speaks with political reporter and columnist for O Globo newspaper Malu Gaspar about how a possible institutional rupture was averted, what Lula’s priorities will be and what he will face while trying to reunite Brazil’s political class and address the country’s economic, social and environmental problems.
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Guest:
Malu Gaspar is a political reporter and columnist at O Globo
Host:
Brian Winter is editor-in-chief of Americas Quarterly
Supplemental reading:
AQ Presidential Profile: Jair Bolsonaro by AQ editors
The Magic Numbers Lula Will Need to Govern by Creomar de Souza
REACTION: A Third Term for Brazil’s Lula by AQ editors
Brazil’s Evangelical Leftist by Ana Ionova
AQ Podcast: Latin America’s New Pink Tide and a Look at Brazil
