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Brazil: Recession and corruption
The government of Luis Inácio Lula da Silva, or Lula, leader of the Workers’ Party (PT) is now in its most critical period since taking office in January 2003.
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Brazil: Movement for a new workers’ party launched
Just one year following the Presidential election victory of Luiz Inácio da Silva (or Lula as he is popularly known), of the Workers’ Party (PT), a new movement has been launched by former PT activists, […]
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Brazil: Lula fails the working class – Is it time for a new left party?
"I am not saying that the dream is over, but I think I dreamed the wrong dream”. Those were the words of former PT (Workers’ Party) federal deputy from Rio de Janeiro, Fernando Gabeira, who […]
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Brazil: “Lula has betrayed us”
As a union demonstration of 80,000 government workers marched to the Congress building in Brasilia on 6 August, "Lula has betrayed us" blared out of the truck mounted PA system.
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Brazil: PT lefts fail its first big test under Lula government
Lula government’s pension "reform" bill passed first reading in House of Representatives with most PT lefts voting in favour.
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Brazil: Occupy and resist — The “roofless†struggle in São Bernardo do Campo
“Occupy and resist”, that is the cry in the encampment Santo Dias, with more than 7,000 people camping in Volkswagen’s plot of land in São Bernardo do Campo, in the São Paulo state.
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Brazil: 4,000 homeless occupies buildings in central São Paulo
More than 4,000 homeless managed to occupy four abandoned high-rise blocks in the centre of São Paulo on early 21 July.
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Brazil: Civil servants’ strike grows
The civil servants strike against the Lula governments pension ‘reform’, that began on the 8 July, is growing.
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Brazil: Desperate search for a job
One of Lula’s promises in the election campaign was to deal with unemployment. But unemployment has continued to increase every month since he became president. The official unemployment level is 12.8 per cent. But the […]
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Brazil: Civil servants strike against pension “reforms”
On the 8 July an estimated 350,000 civil servants in Brazil went on an indefinite strike against the pension ‘reforms’ proposed by the Lula government.