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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?
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Saudi Arabia Courts Latin America and the Caribbean
Next week’s Saudi-run summit in Rio is the latest step in the Gulf nation’s increased engagement with the region.
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AQ Podcast: Warning Lights for Brazil’s Economy?
What to expect from Latin America’s largest economy in 2024
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AQ Podcast: Brazil’s Big Year on the Global Stage
A broad look at Brazil’s foreign policy as the country prepares to host the G20 summit later this year.
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Lula’s Gift to Bolsonaro
The Brazilian president’s attacks on Israel reinforce political polarization and give the opposition room to breathe.
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Fernando Haddad: Still the Odd Man Out
A special report on Brazil’s finance minister, who after a year of unexpected successes will face arguably his biggest challenge in 2024.
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AQ Podcast: Lula 3 One Year On
An overview of Lula’s first year back in office and a look at what 2024 could bring
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Lula’s Security Policy is Rehashing Old Ideas
Brazil’s president is turning to the military to fight crime, a strategy that brings its own risks.
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Lula’s Quest for a Diplomatic Balance Amid Israel-Hamas War
As Brazil presides over the UN Security Council this month, the president has an opportunity to reassume a role as global diplomat.
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What the World Gets Wrong About Latin America’s Foreign Policy
Assumptions about the region’s homogeneity and limitations on the international stage don’t hold up, writes one expert.
![Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (R) and Air Force Lieutenant Colonel Gustavo de Oliveira Pascotto pose next to the Saab's Gripen F-39 fighter jet at the Embraer factory in Gaviao Peixoto, some 310 km from Sao Paulo, Brazil, on May 9, 2023. At the Embraer factory, 15 of the 36 Gripen F-39 fighter jet units will be produced by Brazilian engineers and technicians who underwent theoretical and practical training at the headquarters of the Swedish company Saab in Linkoping. The forecast is that in 2027 the last Gripen F-39 fighter jet will be delivered. (Photo by NELSON ALMEIDA / AFP) (Photo by NELSON ALMEIDA/AFP via Getty Images)](https://americasquarterly.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Lula-air-force-jet-300x200.jpg)
Brazil Feels Almost Normal Again
After January’s chaos, Brazil’s economy and politics seem to have returned to a more solid footing, writes AQ’s editor-in-chief.
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How BRICS Expansion Will Impact South America
The BRICS transformation into a Beijing-led alliance poses a challenge for Brazil and Argentina.
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Brazil’s Economic Uptick Is Boosting Lula’s Foreign Policy
Good news at home is freeing up the president to engage abroad, with success at an Amazon summit but enduring controversy elsewhere.
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Lula é antiamericano?
É complicado, escreve o editor-chefe da AQ.
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Is Lula Anti-American?
It’s complicated, writes AQ’s editor-in-chief.