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...country where the vast majority are little guys - the former shoeshine boy and union leader had little formal education and no experience in government; what's more, he altered many of his long-held positions during the campaign to embrace free-market economics and soften his once leftist rhetoric. The one thing they didn't expect to see was Lula's Workers' Party (PT) - a party that built a reputation on clean government at municipal and state level - embrace the corruption, lies and cynicism it had spent two decades decrying...
Alesina said Prodi will also face problems from within his own coalition. The Union includes extreme leftist parties that may veto some of his plans, including important reforms to make Italy’s economy less regulated, according to Alesina...
...clutching cheap umbrellas to try to stay cool - are standing to hear Andr?s Manuel L?pez Obrador, the front-runner in Mexico's July 2 presidential race. L?pez, sporting thick garlands of orange and yellow marigolds that supporters toss around his neck at campaign stops, is the candidate of the leftist Democratic Revolution Party (PRD). Yet as much as the struggling campesinos enjoy hearing his lavish social welfare promises, they're more interested in his business plan - specifically, how he hopes to create Mexican jobs that will keep them from having to cross the border to seek work...
...this day, as L?pez speaks, a supporter carries onto the stage a cage holding two large, squawking chachalaca birds. They wear the names of L?pez's two major opponents and symbolize for his campaign the anti-L?pez, anti-leftist hysteria he says they're trying to create. "We're going to rescue our rural countryside, which is being crushed by [free trade with the U.S.], and we're going to generate wealth again in Mexico!" he shouts. Farmers like Manuel Garcia, 48, who says he has five brothers working illegally in the U.S., roar in approval. "I'm with AMLO...
...populist record while running Mexico's gargantuan capital was largely positive. And opponents' attempts to paint him as a Mexican Hugo Ch?vez, the radically leftist and stridently anti-U.S. President of Venezuela, have gained little traction. Part of that is because L?pez takes pains to pair his social welfare ambitions with an investment-friendly business sense that Wall Street, for example, has found appealing in other modern Latin leftists like Brazilian President Luiz In?cio Lula da Silva...