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Brazil's president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is assuming his second term in office with a whopping 62% vote mandate. But look at some of the people he has to deal with in the country's congress: Fernando Collor de Melo, a former president impeached in 1992 on corruption charges; Paulo Maluf, a two-time Mayor of Sao Paulo convicted of fraud; and Clodovil, a camp television presenter and former stylist to the stars who, when asked to name some pet projects he would bring to the new parliament replied, "I have no projects." And this was after Brazilians...
...incoming membership of Brazil's upper and lower legislative bodies, the Senate and the House of Deputies, take their oaths of office this week. How well Lula deals with them will be vital in deciding not only how he shapes his second and final four-year term but also his political legacy. Although he has reduced poverty through a far-reaching project that gives money to the poor to keep their kids in school, he has failed to pass the structural reforms he promised during his first run for office...
...response, President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has promised to hire 60 new controllers. But in declaring the problem resolved, as he did two weeks ago, he has also showed how little he understands the situation. The day he spoke, more than a third of all flights were at least an hour late. On Wednesday, as travelers went home for the holidays, almost half of all flights were delayed by an hour or more...
...Lula admitted he was disappointed at his failure to win in the first round, but analysts said the four weeks of additional campaigning may have a positive side for both the candidate and his country. Lula is bit more bloodied and a lot more humbled after four weeks of verbal sparring. Alckmin's attacks have forced him to recognize the importance of being seen to fight corruption, and he may show less tolerance in his second term for miscreants inside his party. Still, the president will take comfort from the electorate's endorsement of his agenda. If the polls...
...squeaked in four weeks ago people would have said he was on the downs. But now he will have the same kind of victory margin as four years ago," said Power. "I think that is a good thing for Lula's democratic legitimacy...