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Winning reelection was always supposed to be easy for Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, and now, four weeks after a surprising stumble, that once again looks likely to be the case. Lula, as he is known to Brazil's 125 million voters, was forced into a runoff in the first round of voting, hurt mainly by a corruption scandal involving his party. But on the eve of Sunday's runoff vote he is far ahead of his rival, as most analysts expected. "If you look at the course of the last five or six months there...
...Correa, 43, is not a military firebrand like Chavez, an indigenous standard-bearer like Bolivia's Evo Morales or a former factory worker like Brazil's Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. In fact, five years ago he received his Ph.D. in economics from the University of Illinois, and he was briefly Ecuador's finance minister until he was removed last year for publicly excoriating the World Bank. Soon after, Correa launched his leftist Alianza Pais (Country Alliance) Party and positioned himself as the political outsider for the 2006 presidential race. It was a smart move in an impoverished nation whose...
...President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva spurned Thursday's televised debate and was massacred in his absence. The next day newspapers published incriminating photos of cash Lula's Workers' Party (PT) was allegedly using to pay for a document smearing its opponents. Together, the two incidents dealt crushing blows to the incumbent leader and enabled his closest challenger, Geraldo Alckmin, to gain enough votes to force a runoff on Oct. 29. In final results announced Monday morning, Lula had 48.6% of the vote, against Alckmin...
...When Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva took over as Brazil's president four years ago, millions of citizens celebrated by splashing around in fountains, dancing on rooftops and waving red flags in the streets. They passionately believed the unlettered former shoeshine boy would make Brazil a safer, fairer and happier place, and he promised them one thing. Minutes after donning the presidential sash, he vowed: "If at the end of my mandate every Brazilian has the opportunity to eat breakfast, lunch and dinner, I will have accomplished my life's mission...
...week, according to officials. Further waves of violence followed, amid accusations that police reprisals were responsible for many casualties. Not surprisingly, the mayhem has become a hot issue in elections scheduled for Oct. 1, when Brazilians vote for their President as well as state and other federal leaders. President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, a veteran left-wing labor leader, looks set for a second term. Ferréz, a prominent local writer whose latest novel, In São Paulo Nobody Is Innocent, was published last month, treats the prospect with guarded pleasure at best. "Lula opened...