Description:
Lula's surprise win in Brazil looks very different from the ground in Rio de Janeiro. Alexander Mercouris talks with Niko House of the For the People Podcast about Alexandre de Moraes and the Supreme Court, why Lula kept Venezuela out of BRICS, free public hospitals, the Pix payment system, favelas, Brasília and soaring food prices. Is Lula quietly working with Washington, and could Brazil still become the next superpower?
Timeline:
00:00:00 Introducing Niko House
00:01:46 Lula's surprise comeback over Bolsonaro
00:03:52 Election machines and jailing rivals
00:05:37 Moraes, the STF and Lula's political machine
00:07:51 Is corruption the organizing principle?
00:08:41 Free hospitals, cheap internet and Pix
00:11:43 Lula and the Democratic Party
00:12:43 Venezuela kept out of BRICS
00:14:15 Brazil slows the BRICS financial push
00:17:01 How much sway Washington still has
00:18:55 Why the Democrats won the midterms
00:22:50 Brazil's economy and soaring prices
00:29:07 Rio, São Paulo and the truth about favelas
00:33:15 Brasília and a detached elite
00:35:39 Brazil's foreign policy and superpower future