Richard Lapper
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Oct 25, 2026
Jack ArnoldHOST
If you're listening on Apple or Spotify or wherever, then give us five stars.
Jack ArnoldHOST
Also just say, I met Richard Lapper.
Jack ArnoldHOST
I told you that.
Jack ArnoldHOST
ah yeah friend of the show
Chris Billington da SilvaHOST
yeah friend of the show yeah richard lapper go and get his book i never remember the full title
Jack ArnoldHOST
paperback now lula uh the dream the dream man the myth the man the myth and the dream of latin america and the dream of latin
Chris Billington da SilvaHOST
america that's it go out go out
Chris Billington da SilvaHOST
So hopefully he doesn't have to do that.
Gavin LeeHOST
Richard Lapper, a biographer of both Lula and Bolsonaro in London and Enela Lazarou in Athens, Associate Fellow in the US and America's programme, a specialist in Brazil at Chatham House.
Gavin LeeHOST
It is great to have you both on the programme.
Gavin LeeHOST
Richard, can we start with you? At the last few days, to get to this point, how you see President Lula's team, why they might seem to be less deflated right now in the first round after that defeat.
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Gavin LeeHOST
Nice thought to end on as well.
Gavin LeeHOST
Eleanor Lazarou, specialist on Brazil at the Chatham House.
Gavin LeeHOST
And also, as we heard just before, Richard Lapper, thank you to a biographer of both Lula and Bolsonaro.
Gavin LeeHOST
What a great title, illustrative to Beef, Bible and Bullets, Brazil in the Age of Bolsonaro.
Gavin LeeHOST
Thank you both.
FabioHOST
For this insightful conversation about Brazil, I'm delighted to have here the chance to have someone with me that truly understands the country.
FabioHOST
Richard Lapper, he was the Latin American editor for the Financial Times for a decade and he's the author of two books on Brazil, Beef, Bible and Bullets, and Lula, The Man, The Myth, A Dream of Latin America.
FabioHOST
I recently read the letter and it truly helped me to understand the road to this first round of voting in Brazil.
FabioHOST
Richard, thanks a lot for your time.