{"id":14340,"date":"2022-10-04T16:05:48","date_gmt":"2022-10-04T15:05:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cassandravoices.com\/?p=14340"},"modified":"2022-10-04T16:05:48","modified_gmt":"2022-10-04T15:05:48","slug":"podcast-brazilian-election-special","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/casswp.eutonom.eu\/index.php\/2022\/10\/04\/podcast-brazilian-election-special\/","title":{"rendered":"Podcast: Brazilian Election Special"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Fellipe Lopes joins Frank Armstrong to discuss the results of the first round of the <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-latin-america-63115691\">Brazilian Presidential elections<\/a><\/span> in which former President Lula failed to secure the required 50% to avoid a second round run-off against the incumbent President Jair Bolsonaro. Nonetheless, Lula remains favourite to win in the second round.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"PODCAST BRAZILIAN ELECTION SPECIAL\ufffd\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hJqA9m0F99k?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>However, Fellipe argues that Bolsonaro \u201chas already won the election\u201d, given that <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lemonde.fr\/en\/international\/article\/2022\/10\/03\/brazilian-elections-ultraconservative-wave-sweeps-congress-and-state-legislatures_5998984_4.html\">ultraconservative candidates<\/a><\/span> have emerged victorious in state legislatures and the Congress. It will be difficult for Lula to do very much, he says, even if, as assumed, Lula wins the second round.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">As Brazilians go to the polls, we recall an article by <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FilmWayfarers?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@FilmWayfarers<\/a> from February 2019.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AlanGilsenan1?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@AlanGilsenan1<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/danieleidiniph1?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@danieleidiniph1<\/a> @RositaSweetman <br \/>Feature Image <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Schietti?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Schietti<\/a> with additional images from Fellipe Lopes <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Su5iSuccC8\">https:\/\/t.co\/Su5iSuccC8<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/brazilelections?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#brazilelections<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/x9MLnMzqTT\">https:\/\/t.co\/x9MLnMzqTT<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; CassandraVoices (@VoicesCassandra) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/VoicesCassandra\/status\/1576540197705068544?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 2, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The importance of Brazil in the world cannot be overstated. It contains most of Amazonia, the lungs of the world, and a huge, and growing, population of over two hundred million. Many Brazilians are living in Ireland now too.<\/p>\n<p>Fellipes points to the historic difficulties of Lula\u2019s P.T. (Workers\u2019 Party), arising particularly after the impeachment of President Dilma, and a number of corruption scandals.<\/p>\n<p>He also looks back at Bolsonaro\u2019s background. For a long time he was an unremarkable representative for Rio de Janeiro, but he was able to connect with the public through cheap jokes and an emphasis on family values and law and order.<\/p>\n<p>They also discuss the importance of Evangelical Christianity in Brazil, which has been around for a long time in an historically Catholic country. Many pastors are now powerful political figures.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Election carnival in Dublin! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/hMLtqgUeWo\">pic.twitter.com\/hMLtqgUeWo<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Frank Armstrong (@frankarmstrong2) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/frankarmstrong2\/status\/1576570886559518721?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 2, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Fellipe argues that the Brazilian left failed to connect adequately with vulnerable communities, unlike their opponents, who have also been adept at harnessing the power of social media.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Feature Image: Fellipe Lopes<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fellipe Lopes joins Frank Armstrong to discuss the results of the first round of the Brazilian Presidential elections in which former President Lula failed to secure the required 50% to avoid a second round run-off against the incumbent President Jair Bolsonaro. Nonetheless, Lula remains favourite to win in the second round. 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