Lula's re-election reassures the BRICS bloc, analysts say

Lula won an unprecedented fourth term on Sunday. Experts say a win by Flávio Bolsonaro, who wanted to reconsider Brazil's role in BRICS, could have weakened the bloc.

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BRICS decides by consensus
Members' interests differ widely

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How fast dollar reliance falls

Analysts say the result eases that risk but not the bloc's internal differences, and that cutting reliance on the dollar will be gradual.

"Lula's Army" subscribers

11 million WhatsApp channel

Congressman Andre Janones's WhatsApp channel "Lula's Army" grew from about 60,000 followers after the first round to almost 11 million by election day.

A historian says it is hard to link the channel empirically to the result. A digital politics professor says it is difficult to imagine the outcome without it.

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Lula's re-election reassures the BRICS bloc, analysts say

Lula won an unprecedented fourth term on Sunday. Experts say a win by Flávio Bolsonaro, who wanted to reconsider Brazil's role in BRICS, could have weakened the bloc.

Analysts say the result eases that risk but not the bloc's internal differences, and that cutting reliance on the dollar will be gradual.

Congressman Andre Janones's WhatsApp channel "Lula's Army" grew from about 60,000 followers after the first round to almost 11 million by election day.

A historian says it is hard to link the channel empirically to the result. A digital politics professor says it is difficult to imagine the outcome without it.

Lula's re-election reassures the BRICS bloc, analysts say

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