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Fortune
Eamon Barrett

Investors fear Petrobas's new CEO—despite his energy industry pedigree

(Credit: Liu Bin—Xinhua/Getty Images)

The share price of Brazil’s state-owned oil giant, Petroleo Brasileiro S.A. (Petrobras), has nosedived 41% since October, when Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, affectionately known as Lula, defeated the right-wing Jair Bolsonaro by running a pro-environmental campaign.

Lula was sworn in as President of Brazil for the third time in his life on Jan. 1. The following day, Petrobras shares fell over 9% in New York trading.

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