Has Brazil's election helped to save the planet?
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The Times
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🗓️ 4 November 2022
⏱️ 33 minutes
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Summary
Brazil’s left-wing former president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has achieved a historic victory over his far-right rival, the incumbent president Jair Bolsonaro. With many seeing this election as the last chance to save the Amazon rainforest, will Lula be able to reverse Bolsonaro’s destructive policies?
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| 0:28.6 | tease and seize apply. |
| 0:35.3 | Last Sunday, more than 124 million people cast their vote |
| 0:41.0 | in an election that could change the course of climate change. |
| 0:45.6 | Hello, good evening to 11 o'clock. |
| 0:47.8 | This is Times Radio, and Darryl Morris will be live to Brazil next, |
| 0:51.9 | where the final few votes are being candid and ratified. |
| 0:54.7 | It will be in Brazil on a frantic... |
| 0:56.9 | Just minutes later, the news came through. |
| 1:02.0 | Brazil had elected a new president. |
| 1:07.4 | It is one of the most stunning political combats, |
| 1:10.6 | a former president, Luis Ignacio de Silva or Lula, |
| 1:14.3 | once jailed on corruption charges, returns to lead Brazil. |
| 1:19.2 | After four years of environmentally destructive policies, |
| 1:27.6 | this election was seen as the last chance to save the Amazon. |
| 1:33.1 | We're fighting for our rights to our land, even in court. |
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