Lula’s Legacy in Brazil

The day before President Barack Obama arrived in San Salvador on March 21, thousands of union members and campesinos marched

The day before the first round of the 2010 elections, President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva took his likely successor,

The first 100 days may or may not be representative of a government. For the first time Brazil has a

Until Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s victorious 2002 campaign for president, Brazil’s Workers’ Party (PT) had consistently supported a radical

This interview took place in Rio de Janeiro shortly after Dilma Rousseff took office on New Year’s Day.   What

A widely cited number of 20 million Brazilians were lifted out of poverty under the administration of Luiz Inácio Lula

According to an old Brazilian joke, “Brazil is the country of the future—and always will be.” But the future may

Subscribers to the NACLA Report on the Americas cannot have failed to notice that we’ve been delayed recently. Our sincere

For decades racial issues in Brazil were largely absent from public debate. But all that changed with the introduction of

Civilization doesn’t eliminate barbarity, it perfects it.  —Voltaire   The most anticipated court decision in the last 17 years has

For most of his two terms in office (2003–10), Brazilian president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva followed the same economic

This interview took place in Rio de Janeiro shortly after Dilma Rousseff took office on New Year’s Day.   What