Brazil’s Lula Names Mix of Liberal, Left-Leaning Economists to Transition Team
- They have complementary views, says vice president-elect
- Handover team members may or may not be part of cabinet
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Brazil’s President-elect Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva appointed a mix of liberal and left-leaning economists to his government transition team, reflecting the broad coalition that helped him defeat Jair Bolsonaro last month.
Ex-central bank chief Persio Arida and Andre Lara Resende, who helped design a plan that stabilized Latin America’s largest economy in the 1990s, will be part of the government transition along with left-leaning economists Guilherme Mello, Guido Mantega and Nelson Barbosa.