IAN BREMMER: Bolsonaro and Da Silva head for ugly standoff before Brazilian elections
Despite president’s pledges economic growth remains low and unemployment high
07 June 2021 - 08:05
Brazil is heading for an ugly political confrontation that will culminate in next year’s bitterest and most interesting presidential election. Jair Bolsonaro and Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva are on a collision course.
Over the past few years, Brazil’s people have endured the worst recession in the country’s history, one of the world’s highest Covid-19 death tolls, a surge in violent crime, and global controversy over large-scale destruction in the Amazon. President Bolsonaro faces an uncertain future. ..
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