Charged repeatedly in external economic coverage, the presentation of the government plan by Lula and Geraldo Alckmin this Tuesday (21) mobilized Bloomberg, Reuters and others.
In the first statement, “Lula sets priorities for a possible government: Amazon, Petrobras, fiscal law” (above). Describing them as “guidelines”, the service stresses that the 34-page, 121-point document is now “open for public debate”.
He highlights, among the ex-president’s phrases in the presentation: “We seriously need to rebuild Brazil”. And he notes that “it will be a priority to fight hunger and inflation, mainly resulting from more expensive food, fuel and electricity”.
Reuters separated its newscast into different dispatches, starting with “Lula defines taming inflation as a priority” and then “Lula proposes new fiscal framework, knocking spending ceiling”.
Latin American sites such as Infobae point out that “Lula presents a government plan focused on social policies and protection of the Amazon.”
‘HOW WE’RE GOING TO BE HAPPY’
In Mexico’s El Universal, “AMLO sees a ‘Carnival’ in Brazil’s elections with Lula da Silva”. The president of Mexico, in a press conference in which he declared himself “very happy” with the election of Gustavo Petro in Colombia, putting music to play, added: “Imagine Carnival during the elections in Brazil, how happy we will be”.
‘ALL EYES ON BRAZIL’
In the Washington Post, print and digital headline, “As Latin America Tilts Left, US Could Take a Back seat.” The election in Colombia was “the most impressive example” of change in the region, which the paper, listening to Cynthia Arnson of Washington’s Wilson Center, credits the pandemic.
WPost points out: “All eyes are now on Brazil, Latin America’s largest country, where Lula leads the polls to oust Jair Bolsonaro in October.”
Arnson is also heard by the Wall Street Journal and warns, reminding Petro’s campaign, that “the US-Colombia relationship will change”.
DYSFUNCTIONAL
In the closest Democratic government publication, The Atlantic, “What’s Behind America’s Decline: Internal Dysfunction.” In an assessment of the Summit of the Americas, which “gave a measure of how much the US has fallen”, blames “pressures” on characters such as Democratic Senator Robert Menendez.
“An own goal,” describes the magazine, citing an assessment by Steve Liston of the Americas Society/Council of the Americas “lobby group.”
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