Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva

Luíz Inácio Lula da Silva (Portuguese: [luˈiz iˈnasju ˈlulɐ dɐ ˈsiwvɐ]; born 27 October 1945), known simply as Lula, is a Brazilian politician who served as President of Brazil from 1 January 2003 to 1 January 2011. He is a founding member of the Workers' Party (PT – Partido dos Trabalhadores) and ran for president three times unsuccessfully, first in the 1989 election, then again in 1994 and 1998. Lula achieved victory in the 2002 election, and was inaugurated as president on 1 January 2003. In the 2006 election he was elected for a second term as president, which ended on 1 January 2011. Succeeded by his former Chief of Staff, Dilma Rousseff, he left an enduring mark on Brazilian politics in the form of Lulism.

He is often regarded as one of the most popular politicians in the history of Brazil and, at the time of his mandate, one of the most popular in the world. Social programs like Bolsa Família and Fome Zero are hallmarks of his time in office. Lula played a prominent role in recent international relations developments, including the nuclear program of Iran and global warming, and was described as "a man with audacious ambitions to alter the balance of power among nations." He was featured in Time's The 100 Most Influential People in the World for 2010, and has been called "the most successful politician of his time."

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Brazil's Lula launches presidential bid from jail as thousands march in support

The Guardian 15 Aug 2018

As thousands of his supporters rally in Brazil’s capital city on Wednesday, former president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva will officially register his candidacy for October’s presidential election from behind bars ... Lula leads in the polls, but is serving a 12-year prison sentence for corruption and money laundering, which electoral judges have said makes him ineligible under a “clean slate” law....

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Simpatizantes de Lula emprenden marcha hacia Brasilia

Dothan Eagle 11 Aug 2018

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The danger posed by Jair Bolsonaro

The Economist 09 Aug 2018

The front-runner for the presidency, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, a left-wing former president, is in jail; the courts will almost certainly bar him from running ... Lula’s ......

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Brazil’s ex-President Lula in jail; Workers Party nominates him anyway

People's World 07 Aug 2018

The Workers’ Party (Partido dos Trabalhadores, or PT) of Brazil has decided to run the country’s extremely popular former president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, known by all as “Lula,” as its candidate in the October presidential elections in this nation of 200 million people ... former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva at a rally on March 28....

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Lula’s chances

The Hindu 06 Aug 2018

Even by the standards of Latin America’s emotive politics, the nomination of Brazil’s convicted former President, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, to contest for a third term in the October election is sensational ... Lula may still have his candidacy overruled by the electoral body ... Lula’s release ... Lula’s detention ... Lula’s innocence, and portray his persecution as a ploy to prevent him from seeking a third term ... Lula being allowed to contest....

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Brazil Workers' party selects backup to jailed presidential candidate

The Observer 06 Aug 2018

Brazil’s left-leaning Workers’ party has announced that former São Paulo mayor Fernando Haddad will become its presidential candidate if, as expected, jailed ex-president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is barred from running in the October election ... Lula says he is innocent and is still appealing the conviction, which by law makes him ineligible to run for office ... The fate of Lula da Silva is the very fate of Brazilian democracy ....

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Brazilian evangelicals, swinging hard to the right, could put a Trump-like populist in the presidency

Rapid City Journal 06 Aug 2018

In August 2016 Rousseff – the hand-picked successor of the popular progressive president Luiz Inácio “Lula” da Silva – was officially removed from office. Her ouster came during a nationwide anti-corruption investigation called Operation Car Wash, which has implicated dozens of prominent Brazilian politicians, including Lula....

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Brazil's Worker's party names jailed Lula as presidential candidate

The Observer 05 Aug 2018

The Workers’ party in Brazil named jailed former president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva as its nominee for the country’s top job. Delegates of the left-leaning party confirmed Lula, who served two terms as Brazil’s president between 2003 and 2010, with enthusiastic approval at a convention in São Paulo on Saturday....

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Professor forced into hiding by death threats over Brazil abortion hearing

The Guardian 02 Aug 2018

Mendes had her abortion in Colombia ... Read more. Leading polls, though he is currently jailed on corruption charges and unlikely to be able to run, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, the former president, has long said he is personally opposed to abortion ... Environmentalist Marina Silva, another presidential contender, believes a plebiscite should be held, while Conservative candidate Geraldo Alckmin has called the current legislation “adequate”....

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Hopes and forebodings in India over the rise of Imran Khan

Asia Times 29 Jul 2018

But that alone cannot delegitimize the victory of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party led by Imran Khan. Khan likely benefited from the denial of a level playing field to Nawaz Sharif. But that is not the whole story ... Interestingly, Khan once mentioned as his four role models Malaysia’s Mahathir Mohamad, Turkey’s Recep Erdogan, Singapore’s late mentor Lee Kuan Yew and Brazil’s Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, popularly known as Lula....

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Lula revertirá privatizaciones si vuelve a la presidencia

Seattle PI 28 Jul 2018

SAO PAULO (AP) — El encarcelado expresidente Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva se comprometió el viernes a bloquear o revertir las privatizaciones en Brasil si regresa al puesto que ejerció de 2003 a 2010. Es muy probable que la corte electoral del país le prohíba postularse para los comicios de octubre, pero sus afirmaciones son consideradas como el programa del Partido de los Trabajadores, al cual pertenece ... ....

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Help me, Amlo: Mexico's poor petition outside president-elect's HQ

The Observer 20 Jul 2018

José Fidel had driven through the night in search of his worldly miracle ... “What we are asking for is support.” ... Show Hide ... “We will get rid of ... Poverty “We will give priority to the most humble and to the forgotten,” Amlo said on election night, and it is thought that he will make fighting poverty a flagship policy, as the former Brazilian president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva did after his historic 2002 election win ... ....

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Latin America’s ‘progressive cycle’ not over, declares São Paulo Forum

People's World 20 Jul 2018

HAVANA—The first meeting of the São Paulo Forum (FSP) took place in that Brazilian city in 1990. The Forum idea came from Brazilian Workers’ Party leader Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva—known simply as Lula—and Cuban President Fidel Castro ... “ ... Radio Havana ... aggression ... It calls for Lula’s release from prison in Brazil, the end of the U.S ... For example. ... Demand the immediate liberation of Lula and begin an international campaign to win it ... ....

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