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Brazilian politician and former trade union leader who served as president of Brazil from 2003 to 2010 and returned to the office in 2023, and a central figure of the Workers' Party.
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Odd Lots· 5 Nov
James Bosworth says Lula da Silva may want to reassert Brazil's influence in Venezuela, because presidents late in their second term turn to foreign policy when they become lame ducks.The Prof G Pod with Scott Galloway· 4 Nov
Brian Winter says Lula late in the campaign supported lowering Brazil's age of criminal responsibility from 18 to 16, something his party had resisted for years.The Prof G Pod with Scott Galloway· 3 Nov
Fareed Zakaria says Lula's election in Brazil is the only precursor he can think of to a break from right-wing populism: Lula was down decisively in the first round and shifted 10 million votes in three weeks, and no Brazilian president had ever lost the first round and won the second.Prof G Markets· 27 Oct
Brazil's benchmark index, the IBOVespa, crashed as much as 17% after incumbent president Lula won reelection, and its currency had its sharpest drop in more than two decades.TBPN· 26 Oct
Jordi Hays says a 20% prediction-market probability means a one-in-five chance.