This recording is from “Brazil’s election: Lula’s half-term report and signpost to his successor?” which was an hour long webinar by Andrew Thompson held on 09 October 2024.

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Some of the areas the talk addressed, were:

• Analysis of the frist round election results
• Can the far-right stage a comeback in São Paulo and other key cities?
• Do worries over crime, gun ownership, and culture wars threaten the government?
• Lula is considering a fourth term but is it time for a Kamala Harris style new generation of politicians to come to the fore? 
• Will Lula be able to work with the two new heads of the bicameral National Congress?
• The government boasts about its fiscal responsibility but can he actually meet the zero primary deficit target?
• The rate of Amazon deforestation has fallen, but is the improvement sustainable?
• What is the likely shape of Brazil’s energy transition?
• What further economic reforms are possible in the next two years?

Speaker

Andrew Thompson — who is a senior consultant with Menas Associates — is an experienced freelance writer, analyst, and consultant with a background in political risk and economic analysis. He has closely followed Brazilian politics since the 1980s when he was based in Rio as a correspondent for BBC World Service. As head of the its Latin American service — as well as a contributor to The Times, EIU and other outlets — he organised coverage of major political developments across the region. Recent projects have included: Chile’s 2019 social explosion; and Brazil’s energy transition.