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Lulas Environment Policy: An Overview
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The Workers’ Party Self-Destructs
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From Allende to Lula: Assessing the Legacy
As Chileans and progressives around the world mark the 30th anniversary of the violent military coup that overthrew Chiles socialist
Lula’s Environment Policy: An Overview
As of this writing, the new Brazilian government headed by President Lula da Silva is scarcely two months old. It
Brazil – “Abertura” on Trial?
In a trial that many saw as a test of Brazil's much-vaunted liberalization process, known as abertura, the Second Military
The AFL-CIO’s ‘New Internationalism’
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BRAZIL Lula: “We can take power
Late for our interview, presidential candidate Luis InAcio "Lula" da Silva exploded into the room like the prover- bial gangbuster.
Brazil – Metalworkers Strike
On May 11, the 41-day strike by Brazilian metalworkers ended in defeat for the workers, but its political implications go
Worker President Raises Workers’ Hopes in Brazil
On October 27, 2002, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silvalathe operator, metalworker, undisputed leader of the independent labor movement that emerged
