Explaining Brazil #239: 100-day summary

The Brazilian Report and the Wilson Center's Brazil Institute hosted an event to discuss Lula's first 100 days in office. What can we make of the start of the new government?

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On April 10, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s government hit the symbolic 100-day mark.

Throughout the start of the year, we at The Brazilian Report teamed up with the Wilson Center’s Brazil Institute to analyze the government’s achievements and challenges – of which there have been many.

We capped off this Brazil 100 project with a live broadcast on Monday, bringing together a panel of experts to discuss how the Lula government has fared so far, covering issues ranging from Lula’s foreign policy stance to his necessary environmental commitments and the government’s tricky relationship with Congress.

This week on Explaining Brazil, we bring you that conversation. Listen in for expert analysis on what to make of the first 100 days of Lula’s third presidential term, and what to look out for over the next 100 days. 

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In this episode:

Part 1: A roundtable discussion on trade with Tatiana Prazeres, foreign trade secretary at Brazil’s Industry and Trade Ministry. Moderator: Bruna Santos, director of the Brazil Institute.

Part 2: A debate on what to make of Lula’s first 100 days. Moderator: Gustavo Ribeiro, editor-in-chief of The Brazilian Report.

• Cedê Silva, our Brasília correspondent;
• Bruna Santos, director of the Brazil Institute;
• Luiza Duarte, Wilson Center global fellow;
• Nick Zimmerman, former White House National Security Council Director for Brazil and Southern Cone Affairs;
• Natalie Unterstell, head of climate policy think tank Talanoa Institute.

Background reading:

• Our editorial team has taken a deep dive into the first 100 days of the Lula administration. The report is prefaced by Bruna Santos, director of the Wilson Center’s Brazil Institute. You can get a sneak peek as well as the whole report here.
• In partnership with the Wilson Center’s Brazil Institute, The Brazilian Report analyzed the challenges and actions of the Lula administration in its first 100 days. Read all the content we published as part of this project.

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