Lula has been on the campaign trail for a year, and he served two terms in office. One thing that people here are talking about is which lula we would get if he were elected again. Lula made it clear to me that he's very concerned about the path that brazil is on. He was really keen to go through the list of all his economic and social achievements hen he was in office.
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.
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