A crash course on the Brazilian elections

Brazil is a massive country of over 200 million people and 8.5 million km2, the 5th largest in the world. Because of it's massive size and richness, it is the major international player in South America by far, and has historically had an important position in the international arena. 

Today, we´re joined by Felipe Simoni from Espetinho Internacional. We dive into the latest electoral results in Brazil, where the leftist candidate and Former President Lula da Silva defeated by a narrow margin President Bolsonaro from the far-right. 

We discuss the current political situation, the reasons behind the result, the socioeconomic composition of the country, its foreign policy and more...

If you want to know more about our guest, you can follow him at:

Felipe Simoni @flipsimoni

Or subscribe to his Podcast (Portugese) at https://linktr.ee/espetinhointernacional

 

As always get in touch with us at: https://linktr.ee/thegeopoliticalpickle

 

The Geopolitical Pickle jar included:

Juan Francisco Muñoz - @jacom95JF : Host and research

Alex Perry - @yrrepxxela : Producer 

Federico Caprari - @federicocaprari : Security consultant

Lía Rodríguez - @liarguezz : Research and fact-checking

Paula Gómez  - @pauulagomz : Research and fact-checking