Dilma as Lulas Successor: The First 100 Days
The first 100 days may or may not be representative of a government. For the first time Brazil has a ...
Introduction: Lula’s Legacy in Brazil
According to an old Brazilian joke, “Brazil is the country of the future—and always will be.” But the future may ...
Lula’s Approach to Affirmative Action and Race
For decades racial issues in Brazil were largely absent from public debate. But all that changed with the introduction of ...
Lula’s Political Economy: Crisis and Continuity
For most of his two terms in office (2003–10), Brazilian president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva followed the same economic ...
Haiti’s Elections: Parties Banned, Media Yawn
If there is a silver lining in the catastrophic earthquake that hit Haiti on January 12, 2010, it is that ...
The University of Puerto Rico: A Testing Ground for the Neoliberal State
On March 10, American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) executive director Anthony Romero issued an open letter to the Civil Rights ...
Obama in Latin America: More of the Same
The day before President Barack Obama arrived in San Salvador on March 21, thousands of union members and campesinos marched ...
After Lula: The Brazilian Workers’ Party in Transition
The day before the first round of the 2010 elections, President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva took his likely successor, ...
