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Brazil election: What does Lula's win mean for Latin America's largest economy?

Brazil has taken a turn to the left as former president Luiz InΓ΅cio Lula da Silva beat far-right incumbent Jair Bolsonaro in the presidential election.

Brazil has taken a turn to the left as former president Luiz InΓ΅cio Lula da Silva beat far-right incumbent Jair Bolsonaro in the presidential election. We hear from Bloomberg economist Adriana Dupita in SΓ£o Paulo and Brazilian farmer Karl Milla.

Some African countries rely on Ukraine and Russia not only for most of their grain supplies, but also for fertilizers. The Program Director for Africa at the International Crisis Group in Nairobi, Murithi Mutiga joins us.

Apple's main iphone assembler Foxconn is preparing to shift some of its production, after a Covid outbreak forced staff to lockdown at the workplace. Howard Zhang is the editor of the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ's Chinese Service.

(Picture: SAO PAULO, BRAZIL, OCTOBER 31 : Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva gives a press conference after the election results at the Avenida Paulista, Sao Paulo, Brazil, on October 31 , 2022. Picture Credit: Getty Images).

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  • Mon 31 Oct 2022 15:32GMT