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29%
4 of 14 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
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When Brazil’s first round results came out, the Brazilian left went into a panic.
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left → come → panic
Pollsters undercounted far-right candidate Flavio Bolsonaro’s tally, who ended up first with 47% of the vote.
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who → undercounte → vote
Brazil’s president, Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva, a veritable legend of the Latin American left, fell to second place, with 45%, a difference of over 2 million votes.
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president → fall → votes
It seemed quite impossible to turn around such a solid Bolsonaro advantage.
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It → seem → advantage
But just when morale was at its lowest, Lula reshuffled his campaign team, incorporating the 41-year-old Governor of Piauí State, Rafael Fonteles.
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Lula → reshuffle → State
Lula, now in his 80s, had never been much for social media, seeing it as a U.S.-backed fake news industry that could never replace face-to-face contact with his voters.
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that → see → voters
Fonteles’ greatest achievement was convincing Lula he could do both: an aggressive social media campaign, while travelling the country.
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he → convince → country
Thus, Lula’s revamped campaign launched two days later, with the octogenarian’s first-ever selfie video.
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campaign → revamp → video
According to insiders, Lula has historically preferred a more sober tone and highly produced aesthetic focused on reporting his achievements to the public.
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Lula → accord → public
The strategy was simply no longer working with newer generations that sought a personal connection and a vision for the future.
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that → work → future
Fonteles’ new aesthetic was bare-bones – the man himself, holding his own phone, with no tie, just talking to people not about legacy, but things that matter today: ending Brazil’s 44-hour work-week, free buses on weekends, and protecting social programmes from Bolsonaro’s Milei-inspired austerity plans.
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that → hold → plans
It was a style that worked for Lula and a message that resonated with Brazil.
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that → work → Brazil
You could say Fonteles learned the right lessons from Zohran Mamdani’s success: not that flashy fonts and engaging videos win elections; but that his job was to make the voter pay attention to the message, whatever that meant.
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that → say → whatever
And oh did he!
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he → do → ?
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