Lula spoke of his predecessor himself, without naming him, and real-time headlines abroad followed him. For Clarín and other Argentines, “Lula takes over and attacks Bolsonaro: ‘he must answer to the law'”.
In The Guardian, “Lula promises to take the country out of Bolsonaro’s era of ‘devastation'”.
The German Der Spiegel highlighted “The return of the conciliator” Lula, adding that, “meanwhile, Bolsonaro left for Florida”. The Argentine news agency Télam went further, “With Bolsonaro on the run, Lula assumes third term”.
The New York Times also avoided euphemism, in the home page, “Lula becomes president of Brazil, Bolsonaro flees [flees] to Florida”. Hours later, he changed the statement to “Lula becomes president of Brazil, with Bolsonaro in Florida”, but kept the critical text.
“Bolsonaro’s decision shows his concern for his future in Brazil,” explains the newspaper. “He is linked to five inquiries, including one about the disclosure of documents related to a confidential investigation. As an ordinary citizen, Bolsonaro loses the immunity he had as president.”
ADVERSITIES
Financial vehicles, such as The Wall Street Journal, even highlighted Lula’s “remarkable return to power”, in an “extraordinary comeback of a man who made his living overcoming adversity”.
But they warn that he will “face some of his toughest challenges yet” — from reuniting the country to “a weakening economy,” according to Bloomberg. And “with China, the biggest trading partner, in its worst slowdown in years”, in the words of the WSJ.
CHINA GROWS
On the other hand, in the same Bloomberg, “China’s GDP estimate shows that the economy grew at least 4.4% in 2022”. In a year-end message, Xi Jinping announced that GDP topped 120 trillion yuan ($17.4 trillion) last year, compared with 114.9 trillion in 2021.
“Analysts had projected that growth would slow to 3% in 2022”, notes the report, adding that “economists see a growing possibility of a faster and stronger recovery ahead”, this year. “The fundamentals underpinning long-term growth have remained strong,” Xi said.
‘LULAPALOOZA’
Appeared more than a month ago as a parody, in media social in Brazil (top image), the expression found its way into headlines from The Guardian to the South China Morning Post over the weekend.
Below, coverage of the party also on USA Today, via Instagram:
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