How Brazil’s ‘labor revolution’ pushed an aspiring middle class to the political right

Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva built his political movement on workers’ rights and social mobility. Ahead of the presidential runoff, that might not be enough anymore.
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- constance malleret
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- Saturday, 24 October 2026, 3:10 am IST
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