Brazil Under the Workers’ Party: From euphoria to despair: 1 (Latin America Bureau Special Report) - Softcover

Branford, Sue; Rocha, Jan

Softcover

ISBN 10: 190901401X ISBN 13: 9781909014015

Publisher: Practical Action Publishing, 2015

Synopsis

In 2002, after a long political struggle, Lula was elected Brazil's first working class President amid huge expectations that he and the Workers' Party (PT) would bring much-needed reform. A great deal was achieved, including a dramatic reduction in poverty. But, just months before the staging of the World Cup in 2014, a series of social protests swept across the country. In 2015 further demonstrations erupted, with insistent calls for the impeachment of Lula's re-elected successor, President Dilma Rousseff, for corruption. Brazil Under the Workers' Party, the first serious look at what went right - and what went wrong - during the 12 years of Workers' Party rule, tells a fascinating story of realpolitik, as Brazil's first ethical party uses the old corrupt ways of Brazil's dysfunctional political system to achieve real change and is then devoured by the political system it has failed to reform. An enthralling tale, of great significance for Latin America and the world, told by two experienced commentators on Brazil.

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About the Authors

Sue Branford reports from Latin America for the BBC and The Guardian.

Jan Rocha is a freelance reporter and wriiter and has worked for the BBC and The Guardian

Edition details

• Publisher: Practical Action Publishing
• Publication date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 190901401X
• ISBN 13: 9781909014015
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 72