Another way of thinking about yesterday’s result in Brazil:... — Brian Winter (@BrazilBrian)

Brian Winter@BrazilBrian·5 de out.

Another way of thinking about yesterday’s result in Brazil: Below is the Number 1 hit in Brazil today — a “sertanejo” song, tropicalized version of U.S. country music, you’ll see the cowboy hats in the audience. THIS is the prevailing culture in Brazil today, conservative and rural, driven by the agro belt (“interiorzão”) that is also country’s main economic agenda Early returns show Lula lost most support in towns under 10k people yesterday vs 2022. The Brazil we (he) grew up with, the Brazil of samba and bossa nova, is being overtaken — in politics, too youtu.be/QU8wLdomMv0