Lula loop: meeting Brazils presidential front-runner

Published: Sept. 29, 2022, 9:25 a.m.

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Luiz In\\xe1cio Lula da Silva, a leftist former president, looks well-placed to win a third term. But which Lula would Brazil get\\u2014the fiscal conservative or the populist spendthrift? Germany has an earned reputation as an industrial powerhouse, but its dependence on Russian gas and Chinese demand are hobbling it. And why the propaganda-spewing loudspeakers in Vietnam\\u2019s capital are firing up again.

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