Lula's 'extraordinary victory' faces growing middle class, deeply-entrenched bolsonarismo & Big Tech

Home Americas To display this content from YouTube, you must enable advertisement tracking and audience measurement. One of your browser extensions seems to be blocking the video player from loading. To watch this content, you may need to disable it on this site. Cover image: © France 24 09:01 Issued on: 26/10/2026 - 09:41Modified: 26/10/2026 - 10:03 Oliver Farry is pleased to welcome Dr Felipe Krause, Political Scientist, former Diplomat and Departmental Lecturer in Latin American Studies at the Oxford School of Global and Area Studies. Beneath Lula's electoral triumph lies a more complex political reality: the Brazilian right has consolidated its influence across state governments and legislative institutions, raising fundamental questions about the balance of power and the future of progressive governance. 'There is more need for economic measures that support growing middle class,' Dr. Krause explains. 'He's going to be working to keep things from eroding rather than actually managing to advance on many of these important agendas such as the environment." Keywords for this article Video content Video Americas Video content Video Americas Video content Video Americas Video conte...