Brazil Front-Runners Fail the Street Test Six Months Before Vote
- Polarization discourages engagement, says Lula ally Dino
- Lula’s pick to helm the economy is ‘work in progress’
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Near-empty demonstrations organized by the right and the left across Brazil this past weekend showed that neither side is managing to engage voters ahead of October elections, according to Flavio Dino, one of Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva’s campaign managers.
Dino, a close ally of the left-wing former president, says people are tired after years of polarization. The way to attract these voters and win is not by digging into controversial stances, he says, but through a moderate government program that focuses on what’s actually hurting the population: inflation, unemployment and high fuel prices.