Government fiscal adjustment can take up to R$ 20 billion away from SUS
SUS is Brazil’s universal healthcare system, for the ones not familiar.
Lula government doing Lula government things I guess. It’s funny, it is exactly what the radical left has been saying that the government would do if they did win the elections. Brazil has elected a democratic neoliberal instead of a fascist one.
if it’s anything like all of history, it’s the rural areas that are the conservative hives
Not quite, most capitals in almost all regions of Brazil voted against Lula on October 4th – the exception, as always, being the northeastern states. Northeastern states are the ones that have benefited the most from Lula’s wealth redistribution policies.
It’s funny, Lula is portrayed as a “leftist leader in South America”, when in reality he’s the epitome of “democratic” center. Not a single major reform was made during any of his three terms. His party has also squandered the previous organizational capablity they had, they’ve been the major “left” party in Brazil for the past decades, always shifting the discourse to the left when near elections, but breaking promises when actually elected.
Still, he’s better than the alternative.
recent here means 30 years lol
every single one of Rio de Janeiro’s recent governors have been convicted, kind of funny.
One of his biggest campaign points was against Flavio’s “Tesouraço” (literally meant as in a big ass scissor cutting through things) AKA big cuts on public funding. Students and workers across the country went protesting specifically against these “fiscal adjustments”.
Sadly, I can’t say this is unexpected. The only way Lula’s 4th term is going to be decent is with the worker’s class mobilized against such movements. Lula has proved multiple times in the past (like socdems usually do) that he’d rather try the “bureaucratic”/“palace” democracy than actual worker class mobilization. This was proven when he had approval rates of 69% ~ 83% in his second term, while not attempting to pass any major reforms.
That’s why the construction of an actual left field party AND leadership is the biggest possible gain from Lula’s 4th turn, it buys time for the workers’ class.