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Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (Lula) became Latin America''s first democratically elected socialist leaders since Salvador Allende on October 27, 2002. He achieved nearly 62 per cent of the vote, to become the first left-wing politician to win his country''s presidency. But behind this victory for Lula and his Workers'' party (Partido dos Trabalhadores, or PT) is a long and difficult struggle for ascendancy which began in the early 1980s. Written by a Brazilian academic and a British journalist who have long associations with the PT, this book tells the story of the PT''s origins and electoral history, outlining the key politicians behind it, as well as their four subsequent tries for power.

Politics Transformed: Lula and the Workers Party

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    A Paperback / softback by Sue Branford, Bernardo Kucinski, Hilary Wainwright

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      Publisher: Latin America Bureau
      Publication Date: 01/02/2003
      ISBN13: 9781899365616, 978-1899365616
      ISBN10: 1899365613

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      Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (Lula) became Latin America''s first democratically elected socialist leaders since Salvador Allende on October 27, 2002. He achieved nearly 62 per cent of the vote, to become the first left-wing politician to win his country''s presidency. But behind this victory for Lula and his Workers'' party (Partido dos Trabalhadores, or PT) is a long and difficult struggle for ascendancy which began in the early 1980s. Written by a Brazilian academic and a British journalist who have long associations with the PT, this book tells the story of the PT''s origins and electoral history, outlining the key politicians behind it, as well as their four subsequent tries for power.

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