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Will 'Lula' Luck Out in Brazil? |
| Section: CURRENT ISSUES / ANALYSIS |
| Author: Mark Holston |
| Publication: The world & I online |
| Issue Date: 9/1/2003 |
| Size: 2,059 Words, 13,448 Characters |
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The real-life drama leading to the election last fall of Luiz Inacio "Lula" da Silva as Brazil's new president could easily have been spun from an episode of one of that country's steamy prime-time telenovelas. The nightly answer to "must-see TV" in millions of Brazilian homes often features variations on the rags-to-riches theme that resonates in this land of poor masses and a wealthy elite. The tale of how a firebrand labor organizer managed to escape the life of poverty into which he was born to become leader of the world's ninth-largest economy represents the kind of tale Brazilians like to believe can come true, even if it seldom does.
But whether the story of Lula, as the new president likes to be called, concludes tragically or with a storybook happy ending remains to be seen. Gi...
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... at the Heritage Foundation. "Bush should encourage Lula to make Brazil a hemispheric power through free markets and less burdensome government."
It's doubtful, however, that such advice will go down well in Bras’lia. Asserting regional leadership and crafting economic policies on his own terms, Lula believes, will enhance, not hinder, Brazil's chances to realize its considerable potential.
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