Lula loop: meeting Brazil’s presidential front-runner
Lula loop: meeting Brazil’s presidential front-runner  
Podcast: The Intelligence from The Economist
Published On: Thu Sep 29 2022
Description: Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, a leftist former president, looks well-placed to win a third term. But which Lula would Brazil get—the fiscal conservative or the populist spendthrift? Germany has an earned reputation as an industrial powerhouse, but its dependence on Russian gas and Chinese demand are hobbling it. And why the propaganda-spewing loudspeakers in Vietnam’s capital are firing up again.For full access to print, digital and audio editions of The Economist, subscribe here www.economist.com/intelligenceoffer