“Lapper…combines the instincts of a reporter with the sensibility of an economic historian. ” Financial Times
In October 2022, Lula was once again elected President of Brazil, replacing the far-right strongman Bolsonaro, sparking an insurrection, and exiling the fallen demagogue to the US. Lula won by promising to save the Amazon and to give power back to the Brazilian people. Richard Lapper’s unparalleled reporting and access allows him to tell the full story - which encapsulates so much of why Latin America’s left-wing movements both excite and fascinate us in the West.
Richard Lapper is a writer and consultant who specialises in Latin America. He worked for the Financial Times for twenty-five years, occupying the post of Latin America editor between 1998 and 2008, and is an Associated Fellow of Chatham House. He is the author of Beef, Bible and Bullets: Brazil in the Age of Bolsonaro.