Corruption of Hope in Brazil

October 26, 2005 | This article appeared in the November 14, 2005 edition of The Nation.

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Luis Inacio Lula da Silva came into power in 2002 on a wave of populist
support for an era of socialist politics and participatory democracy.
But da Silva has offered the people of Brazil a corrupt leadership
instead.

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Hilary Wainwright

Hilary Wainwright is the co-editor of Red Pepper, Research Director of New Politics at the Transnational Institute....

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