How Lula’s Workers’ Party Lost Brazil’s Working Class

Corriere Della Sera

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In the neighborhood of São Paulo where the outgoing president worked in the factory, among old friends and unsuspectable opponents towards the vote on Sunday

Le Monde

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While the social policies of the ruling Workers' Party during its seventeen years have helped to reduce poverty, many Brazilians are still struggling to end their months. Many are planning to vote for the far-right candidate Flavio Boslonaro in the second round of the presidential election on 25 October.

Ara.cat

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The social sectors that left poverty behind thanks to the inclusive policies of Lula da Silva's first term as president (2003-2010), now transformed into Brazil's new middle class, hold the key to the second round of Sunday's presidential elections. This segment, which represents 51% of the electorate, mostly supports the far-right candidate, Senator Flávio Bolsonaro, who already won the first round with 47.03% of the support, ahead of Lula's 45…