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Progress with one year of Lula in Brazil
Twelve months of a new left-wing government have seen radical transformation of a range of sectors of society. The Brazil Solidarity Initiative reports
President of Brazil Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva addresses the opening ceremony of the World Climate Action Summit at Cop28 in Dubai, December 1, 2023

JANUARY marked a year since Lula returned to Brazil’s presidency, defeating the far-right Bolsonaro. 

New measures and approaches have advanced the causes of democracy, social progress, equality, environmentalism and internationalism.

Below the Brazil Solidarity Initiative looks at some of the Brazilian Workers’ Party’s key achievements:

Seeing off the far right’s coup move

Reversing Bolsonaro’s reactionary presidential decrees

Economic growth, expanding public investment and job creation

A commitment to fight poverty and ‘end hunger in this country once again’

Expanding healthcare

Major environmental policies - reversing Bolsonaro’s climate vandalism

Indigenous rights and the struggle for equality

A progressive approach to international relations

Building regional integration as Latin America turns away from US domination

Challenges ahead – build international solidarity

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