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Chronicles the life and times of Brazil's charismatic president, who rose from humble beginnings as a shoeshine boy to lead his country.
Examines the life and leadership of Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, charting his rise from poverty in the streets of Sao Paulo to the first working-class president of Brazil, elected to office in 2002.
Known around the world simply as Lula, Luis Inacio Lula da Silva was born in 1945 to illiterate parents who migrated to industrializing Sao Paulo. He learned to read at ten years of age, left school at fourteen, became a skilled metalworker, rose to union leadership, helped end a military dictatorship—and in 2003 became the thirty-fifth president of Brazil. During his administration, Lula led his country through reforms that lifted tens of millions out of poverty. Here, John D. French, one of the foremost historians of Brazil, provides the first critical biography of the leader whom even his political opponents see as strikingly charismatic, humorous, and endearing. Interweaving an intimat...
This book offers the first multidisciplinary analysis of the impact of the government of President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and his Workers' Party on Brazilian economy and society, as he begins his second four-year term.
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Ex-President Lula of Brazil has a life that reads like a film script. The child of a dysfunctional family, his early life was one of poverty and chaos. In the 1970s, at a time when his country and continent were ruled by right-wing dictators, he switched from football-mad metalworker to militant trade union leader. Dissatisfied with the power of existing parties to bring about change, he founded the Partido dos Trabalhadores, the Workers Party. He was elected as president in 2002 and again in 2006. As a progressive leader in a globalizing world, he has walked a difficult tightrope in international relations with the US, Africa and the Middle East; and in trying to improve the lot of poor and black Brazilians at home. Lula of Brazil is an objective study of an unfinished political odyssey; the story of one man set against the contemporary history of a major emerging power. From climate change to inequality, Lula and his country are grappling with the greatest challenges facing the modern world.
"Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva: A Journey from Poverty to Presidency" is a comprehensive and enlightening exploration of one of Brazil's most influential and polarizing figures. This book delves into the remarkable life of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, tracing his rise from humble beginnings in the red earth of Pernambuco to the highest office in Brazil. Embark on a journey through Lula's early years, his pivotal role in founding the Workers' Party (PT), and his relentless road to Brasília, capturing the essence of his first term as president and the triumphant re-election. The narrative further unravels the complexities of Lula's controversial legal battles, his dramatic political resurgence, a...
A primeira — e aguardada — biografia de vulto de Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. Para além de juízos ou paixões, Lula está entre as maiores figuras políticas da história brasileira. Único presidente do país com origens operárias, e campo magnético de um partido profundamente original em suas raízes, exerceu o poder carismático e a influência de modo mais duradouro que qualquer outro homem público no período republicano, salvo talvez Getúlio Vargas – com quem também compartilha a virulência dos adversários. Desde 2011, Fernando Morais ganhou acesso direto, franco e frequente a Lula. A essas dezenas de horas de depoimentos, somou o faro de repórter e a prosa cativante para compor projeto biográfico que traz um painel do personagem em toda sua grandeza e complexidade. Em narrativa que faz uso de recuos e avanços cronológicos para manter um ritmo eletrizante, neste primeiro volume Morais vai da infância de Lula até o anulamento de suas condenações, em 2021 — passando pelo novo sindicalismo, as greves do ABC, a fundação do PT e a primeira campanha eleitoral.