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Transcript: Lula’s Struggles Are a Cautionary Tale for Progressives

Perry Bacon: Good morning. I’m Perry Bacon. I’m the host of Right Now on The New Republic . I’m joined by Michael Paarlberg. He’s a political scientist at Virginia Commonwealth University. He’s an expert in politics in Latin America, and we’re going to discuss both the initial early round of the Brazil election and the upcoming October 25 runoff between…

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