Ɖ Gardịn vy on Lula’z cm-bac: gd fr Bṛzil n ɖ wrld
(Transcription of an editorial published in the Guardian on 31 October 2022)
Ɖ wns-n-fyćr left-wñ prezidnt v Bṛzil hz a ćans t rdim ɖ promis v dmocṛsi in hiz dvîdd cuntri
Munde 31 Octobr 2022
Ɖ rmarcbl rtrn v ɖ left-wñ poḷtiśn Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva fr a ʈrd trm az Bṛzil’z prezidnt z nt jst gd fr hiz cuntri. Hiz vicṭri ovr ɖ incumbnt rîtwñ xtrimist, Jair Bolsonaro, z olso gd fr ɖ wrld. Sins Mr Bolsonaro tc ofis in 2019, foristfîrz n dīfoṛsteśn sōrd in ɖ Aṃzn, wɖ ɖ fedṛl guvnmnt trnñ a blînd î t ilīgl logñ, mînñ, catlgrezñ n landgrabñ. Bṛzil’z renforist wnt fṛm a carbn snc t a carbnsors. F alaud t cntiny, ɖ damij t ɖ wrld’z luñz wd hv bn irivrsbl – wɖ dzastṛs ifcts on globl weɖrsistmz n fūd s’kṛti.
Lula, az h z yṇvrṣli noun, plejd t rvrs hiz prīdisesr’z poḷsiz ɖt hv wrsnd ɖ clîṃt imrjnsi. Ɖ wrld wl briɖ mor īẓli az a rzult. Bt Mr Bolsonaro onli naroli lost ɖ ilex́n. H hz, at ɖ tîm v raitñ, stl rfyzd t cnsid hiz dfit. Mr Bolsonaro, hu prezd dictetrśp n torćr, me nvr axpt ɖ ppl’z wil. Bt ɖoz hu hv s’portd him – fṛm ivanɉlists t p’liticl alîz – hv rec̣gnîzd ɖt ɖ gem z p. Hiz rluctns t g qaytli me b bcz h firz endñ p bhnd barz. Preẓdnśl iḿṇti n an oblîjñ atrnijenṛl hv hlpt śltr Mr Bolsonaro n hiz poḷtiśnsunz fṛm invstgeśnz intu loñstandñ sspiśnz v imbezlmnt n c’rupśn. Fr Mr Bolsonaro, ɖt śīld dis’pirz in Jańri.
Mr Bolsonaro wz nicnemd ɖ “Trump v ɖ tropics” – n h yzd a similr ple bc. Lîc ɖ formr YS prezidnt, Mr Bolsonaro poḷrîzd hiz dvîdd cuntri bî deṇgretñ wimin, ge ppl n mnoṛtiz. H armd hiz s’portrz bî fludñ ɖ cuntri wɖ gunz. A pandemic ɖt cild olmst 700,000 ppl hlpt pś poṿtinumbrz t ɖ hîist on record n sw him snc in ɖ poulz. Hiz ansr wz t flud ɖ infosfir wɖ fec nyz, dǒl ǎt welférpemnts n snd fedṛl hîwe p’līs t bloc rodz in pro-Lula eriaz on votñde. Bt inuf Bṛziłnz rtrnd t Lula, huz last stint in pǎr dlivrd ic̣nomic groʈ n a rdux́n v iniqoḷti.
Jeld undr ɖ prīvịs rîtwñ Temer guvnmnt fr alejd c’rupśn, Lula wz rlist n hiz cnvix́nz qośt last yir, alawñ him t run agn. Hvr, Bṛzil z a vri difṛnt cuntri fṛm ɖ wn h last prizîdd ovr. Ẃn h left ofis in 2010, Lula’z apruvl retñz wr straṭsferic. Nǎ a sîẓbl mnoṛti ʈnc ɖer wns-n-fyćr prezidnt z c’rupt. Bṛzil in 2010 wz ɖ wrld’z 7ʈ larjist icoṇmi – it hz nǎ slipt t 13ʈ. Ɖ cuntri z marct bî rîzñ déts n dīṗnñ dvîdz. Bṛzil’z modist ic̣nomic rcuṿri z unlîcli t last az ɖ wrld fesz a rseśn ɖt it w’nt iscep.
Lula’z vicṭri canot iclips ɖ fact h fesz a Congres doṃnetd bî slf-sīcñ cnsrṿtiv poḷtiśnz v ɖ Centrão (“big sntr”) – hu hv bn alaid wɖ Mr Bolsonaro. Ɖ ny prezidnt wl nīd t strîc dīlz t gt lejsleśn pást. Big strucćṛl rformz ɖt nīd ćenjz t ɖ consttyśn wl probbli b of ɖ tebl. Ʈancs t hiz invîrnmntl poḷsiz n hiz dfns v dmocṛsi, Lula cn cǎnt on ɖ s’port v ɖ wrld’z līdñ pǎrz. Prezidnt Jo Bîdn hz ofrd t criet a $20bn fund fr ɖ Aṃzn wns Bṛzil starts śowñ rzults in pṛtctñ its renforists. Undr Mr Bolsonaro, Bṛzil lost its we – n its mînd. Lula’z vicṭri śoz ɖ cuntri cn rtrn t ɖ paʈ v saṇti.
Thak you a lot! Very important!