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January 2, 2024

How Successful Has Lula Been a Year After His Return?

New Year’s Day marked one year since Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva returned to Brazil’s presidency. He previously served in that office for eight years, from 2003 through 2010. // File Photo: @LulaOficialvia X.

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  • Jan. 1 marked one year since Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva returned to Brazil’s presidency. The past year has been marked by numerous new measures, notably major environmental policies, as well as a focus on international relations and leadership. What have been Lula’s most significant accomplishments and main missteps in his first year? What parts of Lula’s agenda remain unfulfilled, and what are the largest challenges he faces in the rest of his term? To what extent has Lula changed Brazil’s standing with the international community?

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Guilherme Casarões, assistant professor at the São Paulo School of Business Administration of the Fundação Getulio Vargas: “Lula started his third term with two broad foreign policy goals in mind: to fix the damage that Bolsonaro caused to Brazil’s global image and to relaunch the active international strategy that made him popular in the early 2000s. The first goal has been accomplished: a respected Brazil has returned to the world stage, reclaiming its regional and multilateral protagonism. As for the second goal, it took Lula some time before he realized today’s world is much less prone to cooperation and diplomacy than in the past. In an increasingly dangerous and polarized world, Brazil’s longstanding diplomatic assets have lost relevance. Rather than being praised by his conciliatory approach to wars in Ukraine and Gaza, Lula has been criticized for remaining on the fence. Although Lula has made foreign policy…”

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