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The math behind Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s fourth presidential campaign is unforgiving. In December 2010, 46.7% of Brazilian workers held formal jobs with legal protections and social security. Fifteen years later, that share has fallen to 38.2% — even as unemployment closed out 2025 at a record-low 5.1%. Brazil is creating jobs. It is not creating the kind of jobs the party built to represent them.Original Article
