He has been called the Teflon president, the most popular president in the world, a leader who has survived scandal after scandal only to see his approval ratings rise to new heights.
But with industrial production slowing badly and unemployment climbing, President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva of Brazil may be showing some chinks in his seemingly impregnable armor, analysts say.
As he took the world stage at the Group of 20 summit meeting in London on Thursday, he faces mounting challenges to his domestic popularity and perhaps to his status as one of the developing world’s most forceful advocates.
At least three polls showing a recent drop in his stellar approval ratings and a rush of controversy over comments he made last week, in which he blamed “white people with blue eyes” for the economic crisis, could be signs that Mr. da Silva, known as Lula, is mortal after all, analysts said.
“The prospect that Brazil’s economic and social gains could be undercut...
Ele tem sido chamado de o presidente Teflon, o presidente mais popular do mundo, um líder que sobreviveu escândalo após escândalo só para ver seus índices de aprovação subir a novas alturas.
ResponderExcluirMas, com a produção industrial desacelerando mal e escalada do desemprego, o presidente Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva do Brasil pode estar mostrando algumas rachaduras em sua armadura aparentemente impenetrável, dizem analistas.
Quando ele subiu ao palco mundo no Grupo dos 20 reunião de cúpula em Londres na quinta-feira, ele enfrenta crescentes desafios à sua popularidade doméstica e, talvez, ao seu status como um dos defensores mais vigorosos do mundo em desenvolvimento.
Pelo menos três pesquisas mostrando que a recente queda nos seus índices de aprovação estelares e uma onda de controvérsia sobre os comentários que ele fez na semana passada, na qual ele culpou "pessoas brancas de olhos azuis" pela crise econômica, podem ser sinais de que o Sr. da Silva, conhecido como Lula, é mortal, afinal, disseram analistas.
"A perspectiva de que os ganhos econômicos e sociais do Brasil poderia ser reduzido ...
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