Lessons of the Brazilian Workers' Party

by Building Bridges:Community & Labor Report Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2002 at 3:39 PM
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Opinion polls indicate that the Presidential candidate of the Workers’ Party of Brazil , Luiz Inacio da Silva , popularly known as Lula, is the likely winner of Brazil’s Presidential elections in October. With the U.S. Government, and financial institutions deeply concerned about this development, Jose Dirceu
the President of the Workers Party of Brazil paid a visit to New York City to build bridges to the progressive community here in order to gain support for the Brazilian Left .In this piece he talks about the need to further democratize Brazil’s political institutions and to pursue agrarian reform