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'''Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva'''<ref>{{IPA-pt|luˈiz iˈnasju ˈlulɐ dɐ ˈsiwvɐ|-|Pt-Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.ogg}}</ref> (born 27 October 1945),<ref>https://www.britannica.com/biography/Luiz-Inacio-Lula-da-Silva</ref> known simply as '''Lula''',<ref name="nickname">{{cite news |url=http://topics.nytimes.com/TOP/reference/timestopics/people/d/luiz_inacio_lula_da_silva/ |title= Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva|date=26 August 2012|work=The New York Times|first=Alexei|last=Barrionuevo}}</ref> is a Brazilian |
'''Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva'''<ref>{{IPA-pt|luˈiz iˈnasju ˈlulɐ dɐ ˈsiwvɐ|-|Pt-Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.ogg}}</ref> (born 27 October 1945),<ref>https://www.britannica.com/biography/Luiz-Inacio-Lula-da-Silva</ref> known simply as '''Lula''',<ref name="nickname">{{cite news |url=http://topics.nytimes.com/TOP/reference/timestopics/people/d/luiz_inacio_lula_da_silva/ |title= Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva|date=26 August 2012|work=The New York Times|first=Alexei|last=Barrionuevo}}</ref> is a Brazilian former politician, union leader and political prisoner during the Brazilian dictatorship. He served as the [[List of Presidents of Brazil|35th]] [[President of Brazil]] from 2003 to 2011.<ref name="galeria">{{cite web |url=http://www.biblioteca.presidencia.gov.br/presidencia/presidencia/ex-presidentes/luiz-inacio-lula-da-silva |title=Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva |publisher=Biblioteca da Presidência da República |language=Portuguese |access-date=30 June 2017}}</ref> He was a founding member of the [[Workers' Party (Brazil)|Workers' Party]] (PT) and ran unsuccessfully for president three times before achieving victory in the [[Brazilian general election, 2002|2002 election]]. He was re-elected in the [[Brazilian general election, 2006|2006 election]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-11414276|title=Lula's legacy for Brazil's next president| first=Elizabeth 'Liz' |last=Throssell |date=30 September 2010 |work=BBC News |publisher=British Broadcasting Corporation|accessdate=29 March 2012}}</ref> The introduction of social programs, such as [[Bolsa Família]] and [[Fome Zero]] were hallmarks of his time in office. As president, Lula played a prominent role in international matters, including activities related to the [[nuclear program of Iran]] and [[global warming]], and was described as "a man with audacious ambitions to alter the balance of power among nations."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://ase.tufts.edu/hemispheres/archives/2004_issue.pdf |title=Hemispheres |year=2004 |publisher=Tufts |format=PDF |accessdate=17 August 2010}}</ref> Succeeded by his former [[Chief of Staff of Brazil|Chief of Staff]], [[Dilma Rousseff]], he left an enduring mark on Brazilian politics in the form of [[Lulism]]. |
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Lula has been called one of the most popular politicians in the history of Brazil and while in office was one of the most popular in the world.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-12097490 |title=Lula leaves office as Brazil's 'most popular' president |work=BBC News |publisher=British Broadcasting Corporation|date=31 December 2010 |accessdate=4 January 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.newsweek.com/2009/09/21/the-most-popular-politician-on-earth.html |title='The Most Popular Politician on Earth' |newspaper=Newsweek |date=31 December 2010 |accessdate=4 January 2011 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101229032256/http://www.newsweek.com/2009/09/21/the-most-popular-politician-on-earth.html |archivedate=29 December 2010 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.economist.com/node/12891019 |title=Lula's last lap |newspaper=The Economist |date=8 January 2009 |accessdate=4 January 2011|url-access=limited}}</ref> He was featured in ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]''{{'}}s 2010 ''The 100 Most Influential People in the World'',<ref>{{cite journal |work=Time | title=The 100 Most Influential People in the World for 2010|date=10 May 2010|url=http://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/completelist/0,29569,1984685,00.html|page=20 |accessdate= 9 June 2010}}</ref> and [[Perry Anderson]] called him "the most successful politician of his time."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lrb.co.uk/v33/n07/perry-anderson/lulas-brazil |title=Lula's Brazil |author=Perry Anderson |work=London Review of Books |date=31 March 2011 |accessdate=5 April 2011}}</ref> In October 2011, Lula—who was a smoker for 40 years<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/blog/2010/mar/10/lula-brazil-president-quits-smoking | title=Lula stubs out smoking habit| first=Rory |last=Carroll|date=10 March 2010|work=The Guardian|accessdate=29 March 2012 |location=London}}</ref>—was diagnosed with throat cancer and underwent [[chemotherapy]], leading to a successful recovery.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-15507640 |work=BBC News |publisher=British Broadcasting Corporation|title=Brazil ex-President Lula diagnosed with throat cancer |date=29 October 2011}}</ref> |
Lula has been called one of the most popular politicians in the history of Brazil and while in office was one of the most popular in the world.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-12097490 |title=Lula leaves office as Brazil's 'most popular' president |work=BBC News |publisher=British Broadcasting Corporation|date=31 December 2010 |accessdate=4 January 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.newsweek.com/2009/09/21/the-most-popular-politician-on-earth.html |title='The Most Popular Politician on Earth' |newspaper=Newsweek |date=31 December 2010 |accessdate=4 January 2011 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101229032256/http://www.newsweek.com/2009/09/21/the-most-popular-politician-on-earth.html |archivedate=29 December 2010 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.economist.com/node/12891019 |title=Lula's last lap |newspaper=The Economist |date=8 January 2009 |accessdate=4 January 2011|url-access=limited}}</ref> He was featured in ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]''{{'}}s 2010 ''The 100 Most Influential People in the World'',<ref>{{cite journal |work=Time | title=The 100 Most Influential People in the World for 2010|date=10 May 2010|url=http://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/completelist/0,29569,1984685,00.html|page=20 |accessdate= 9 June 2010}}</ref> and [[Perry Anderson]] called him "the most successful politician of his time."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lrb.co.uk/v33/n07/perry-anderson/lulas-brazil |title=Lula's Brazil |author=Perry Anderson |work=London Review of Books |date=31 March 2011 |accessdate=5 April 2011}}</ref> In October 2011, Lula—who was a smoker for 40 years<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/blog/2010/mar/10/lula-brazil-president-quits-smoking | title=Lula stubs out smoking habit| first=Rory |last=Carroll|date=10 March 2010|work=The Guardian|accessdate=29 March 2012 |location=London}}</ref>—was diagnosed with throat cancer and underwent [[chemotherapy]], leading to a successful recovery.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-15507640 |work=BBC News |publisher=British Broadcasting Corporation|title=Brazil ex-President Lula diagnosed with throat cancer |date=29 October 2011}}</ref> |
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</ref> On 12 July 2017, he was convicted of [[money laundering]] and passive corruption, defined in Brazilian criminal law as the receipt of a [[Bribery|bribe]] by a civil servant or government official. He was sentenced to nine years and six months in prison by judge [[Sérgio Moro]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Lula é condenado a nove anos de prisão|url=http://veja.abril.com.br/politica/urgente-lula-e-condenado-a-nove-anos-e-meio-de-cadeia|work=[[Veja (magazine)|Veja]]|publisher=[[Grupo Abril]]|date=12 July 2017|accessdate=12 July 2017|language=pt-br}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Brazil’s Former President Found Guilty Of Corruption|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/lula-guilty-corruption_us_596658b2e4b005b0fdca8baa|work=[[Huffington Post]]|first=Brad|last=Brooks|date=12 July 2017|accessdate=12 July 2017}}</ref> but remained free pending an appeal of the sentence. On 24 January 2018 the [[Regional Federal Courts|Regional Federal Court]] of the 4th Region, which is a panel of three judges, unanimously upheld Moro's ruling against Lula.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-01-24/lula-s-hopes-of-a-comeback-crushed-by-unanimous-court-verdict|title=Lula's Hopes of a Comeback Crushed By Unanimous Court Ruling|last=Iglesias|first=Simone Preissler|last2=Douglas|first2=Bruce|date=24 January 2018|website=Bloomberg News|access-date=}}</ref> On 5 April 2018, the Supreme Federal Court ruled to reject Lula's habeas plea; on the same day a warrant was issued for his arrest.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-04-05/brazil-s-former-president-lula-ordered-arrested-by-judge-moro|title=Brazilian Judge Orders Arrest of Former President Lula|publisher=Bloomberg|first1=Mario|last1=Sergio Lima|first2=Samy|last2=Adghirni|date=5 April 2018|accessdate=6 April 2018}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/the_americas/lula-verdict-plunges-brazil-into-political-chaos-ahead-of-presidential-election/2018/04/05/a215bb1a-386e-11e8-af3c-2123715f78df_story.html|title=Lula verdict plunges Brazil into political chaos ahead of presidential election|last=Lopes|first=Marina|date=5 April 2018|work=[[The Washington Post]]|access-date=5 April 2018|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|language=en-US|issn=0190-8286}}</ref> He turned himself in and began serving his sentence on 7 April 2018. Lula has announced his candidacy for [[Brazilian general election, 2018|the 2018 presidential election]], but he is widely expected to be disqualified under Brazil's [[Ficha Limpa|"Clean Slate" law]], which bars second-instance convicts from running for public office.<ref name=":0" /> |
</ref> On 12 July 2017, he was convicted of [[money laundering]] and passive corruption, defined in Brazilian criminal law as the receipt of a [[Bribery|bribe]] by a civil servant or government official. He was sentenced to nine years and six months in prison by judge [[Sérgio Moro]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Lula é condenado a nove anos de prisão|url=http://veja.abril.com.br/politica/urgente-lula-e-condenado-a-nove-anos-e-meio-de-cadeia|work=[[Veja (magazine)|Veja]]|publisher=[[Grupo Abril]]|date=12 July 2017|accessdate=12 July 2017|language=pt-br}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Brazil’s Former President Found Guilty Of Corruption|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/lula-guilty-corruption_us_596658b2e4b005b0fdca8baa|work=[[Huffington Post]]|first=Brad|last=Brooks|date=12 July 2017|accessdate=12 July 2017}}</ref> but remained free pending an appeal of the sentence. On 24 January 2018 the [[Regional Federal Courts|Regional Federal Court]] of the 4th Region, which is a panel of three judges, unanimously upheld Moro's ruling against Lula.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-01-24/lula-s-hopes-of-a-comeback-crushed-by-unanimous-court-verdict|title=Lula's Hopes of a Comeback Crushed By Unanimous Court Ruling|last=Iglesias|first=Simone Preissler|last2=Douglas|first2=Bruce|date=24 January 2018|website=Bloomberg News|access-date=}}</ref> On 5 April 2018, the Supreme Federal Court ruled to reject Lula's habeas corpus plea; on the same day a warrant was issued for his arrest.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-04-05/brazil-s-former-president-lula-ordered-arrested-by-judge-moro|title=Brazilian Judge Orders Arrest of Former President Lula|publisher=Bloomberg|first1=Mario|last1=Sergio Lima|first2=Samy|last2=Adghirni|date=5 April 2018|accessdate=6 April 2018}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/the_americas/lula-verdict-plunges-brazil-into-political-chaos-ahead-of-presidential-election/2018/04/05/a215bb1a-386e-11e8-af3c-2123715f78df_story.html|title=Lula verdict plunges Brazil into political chaos ahead of presidential election|last=Lopes|first=Marina|date=5 April 2018|work=[[The Washington Post]]|access-date=5 April 2018|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|language=en-US|issn=0190-8286}}</ref> He turned himself in and began serving his sentence on 7 April 2018. Lula has announced his candidacy for [[Brazilian general election, 2018|the 2018 presidential election]], but he is widely expected to be disqualified under Brazil's [[Ficha Limpa|"Clean Slate" law]], which bars second-instance convicts from running for public office.<ref name=":0" /> |
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== Early life == |
== Early life == |
Revision as of 21:00, 9 April 2018
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva | |
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35th President of Brazil | |
In office 1 January 2003 – 1 January 2011 | |
Vice President | José Alencar |
Preceded by | Fernando Henrique Cardoso |
Succeeded by | Dilma Rousseff |
Chief of Staff of the Presidency | |
In office 17 March 2016 – 12 May 2016 Suspended: 18 March 2016 – 12 May 2016[1] | |
President | Dilma Rousseff |
Preceded by | Jaques Wagner |
Succeeded by | Eliseu Padilha |
National President of the Workers' Party | |
In office 15 July 1990 – 24 January 1994 | |
Preceded by | Luiz Gushiken |
Succeeded by | Rui Falcão |
In office 9 August 1980 – 17 January 1988 | |
Preceded by | Position established |
Succeeded by | Olívio Dutra |
Federal Deputy for São Paulo | |
In office 1 February 1987 – 1 February 1991 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Luiz Inácio da Silva 27 October 1945[2] Caetés, Pernambuco, Brazil |
Political party | Workers' Party (since 1980) |
Spouse(s) |
Maria de Lurdes da Silva
(m. 1969; died 1971) |
Children | Márcos Cláudio Lurian Fábio Luís Sandro Luís Luís Cláudio |
Residence | São Bernardo do Campo |
Education | National Service for Industrial Training |
Occupation | Metalworker, trade unionist |
Signature | ![]() |
Website | Lula Institute |
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva[3] (born 27 October 1945),[4] known simply as Lula,[5] is a Brazilian former politician, union leader and political prisoner during the Brazilian dictatorship. He served as the 35th President of Brazil from 2003 to 2011.[6] He was a founding member of the Workers' Party (PT) and ran unsuccessfully for president three times before achieving victory in the 2002 election. He was re-elected in the 2006 election.[7] The introduction of social programs, such as Bolsa Família and Fome Zero were hallmarks of his time in office. As president, Lula played a prominent role in international matters, including activities related to the nuclear program of Iran and global warming, and was described as "a man with audacious ambitions to alter the balance of power among nations."[8] Succeeded by his former Chief of Staff, Dilma Rousseff, he left an enduring mark on Brazilian politics in the form of Lulism.
Lula has been called one of the most popular politicians in the history of Brazil and while in office was one of the most popular in the world.[9][10][11] He was featured in Time's 2010 The 100 Most Influential People in the World,[12] and Perry Anderson called him "the most successful politician of his time."[13] In October 2011, Lula—who was a smoker for 40 years[14]—was diagnosed with throat cancer and underwent chemotherapy, leading to a successful recovery.[15]
In early 2016, Lula was appointed Chief of Staff under Rousseff, but Justice Gilmar Mendes of the Supreme Federal Court blocked the appointment due to ongoing federal investigations.[16][17] On 12 July 2017, he was convicted of money laundering and passive corruption, defined in Brazilian criminal law as the receipt of a bribe by a civil servant or government official. He was sentenced to nine years and six months in prison by judge Sérgio Moro[18][19] but remained free pending an appeal of the sentence. On 24 January 2018 the Regional Federal Court of the 4th Region, which is a panel of three judges, unanimously upheld Moro's ruling against Lula.[20] On 5 April 2018, the Supreme Federal Court ruled to reject Lula's habeas corpus plea; on the same day a warrant was issued for his arrest.[21][22] He turned himself in and began serving his sentence on 7 April 2018. Lula has announced his candidacy for the 2018 presidential election, but he is widely expected to be disqualified under Brazil's "Clean Slate" law, which bars second-instance convicts from running for public office.[22]
Early life
Luiz Inácio da Silva was born on 27 October 1945 (but registered with a date of birth of 6 October 1945) in Caetés (then a district of Garanhuns), located 250 km (150 miles) from Recife, capital of Pernambuco, a state in the Northeast of Brazil. He was the seventh of eight children of Aristides Inácio da Silva and Eurídice Ferreira de Melo. Two weeks after Lula's birth, his father moved to Santos, São Paulo, with Valdomira Ferreira de Góis, a cousin of Eurídice. He was raised Roman Catholic.[23]
In December 1952, when Lula was only 7 years old, his mother decided to move to São Paulo with her children to rejoin her husband. After a journey of thirteen days in a pau-de-arara (open truck bed), they arrived in Guarujá and discovered that Aristides had formed a second family with Valdomira. Aristides' two families lived in the same house for some time, but they did not get along very well, and four years later, Eurídice moved with her children to a small room behind a bar in São Paulo. After that Lula rarely saw his father, who became an alcoholic and died in 1978.[24]
Lula was married twice. In 1969, he married Maria de Lourdes, who died of hepatitis in 1971, while pregnant with their first son, who also died.[25] Lula and Miriam Cordeiro had a daughter, Lurian, born out of wedlock in 1974.[26] In 1974, Lula married Marisa Letícia Rocco Casa, a widow with whom he then had three sons. He also adopted Casa's son from her first marriage. They remained married until her death on 2 February 2017 after a stroke.[27]
Education and work
Lula had little formal education. He did not learn to read until he was ten years old,[28] and quit school after the second grade to work and help his family. His first job at age 12 was as shoeshiner and street vendor. By 14 he had a formal job in a warehouse.[29]
He lost the little finger on his left hand at 19 in an accident, while working as a press operator in an automobile parts factory.[28] After the accident he had to run to several hospitals before he received medical attention. This experience increased his interest in participating in the Workers' Union. Around that time, he became involved in union activities and held several important union posts.[29] Due to perceived incompatibility between the Brazilian military government and trade union activities, Lula's views moved further to the political left.[citation needed]
Union career
Inspired by his brother Frei Chico, Lula joined the labour movement when he worked at Villares Metals S.A, rising steadily through the ranks. He was elected in 1975, and reelected in 1978, as president of the Steel Workers' Union of São Bernardo do Campo and Diadema. Both cities are located in the ABCD Region, home to most of Brazil's automobile manufacturing facilities, including Ford, Volkswagen, Toyota, Mercedes-Benz and others, and are among the most industrialized in the country. In the late 1970s, when Brazil was under military rule, Lula helped organize union activities, including major strikes. Labour courts found the strikes illegal, and Lula was jailed for a month. Due to this, and like other people imprisoned for political activities under the military government, Lula was awarded a lifetime pension after the fall of the military régime.[citation needed]
Political career
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On 10 February 1980, a group of academics, intellectuals, and union leaders, including Lula, founded the Partido dos Trabalhadores (PT) or Workers' Party, a left-wing party with progressive ideas created in the midst of Brazil's military government.
In 1982, he added the nickname Lula to his legal name.[5] In 1983 he helped found the Central Única dos Trabalhadores (CUT) union association. In 1984 PT and Lula joined the popular Diretas Já! (Direct [Elections] Now!) campaign, demanding a direct popular vote for the next Brazilian presidential election. According to the 1967 constitution, Presidents were at that time elected by both Houses of Congress in joint session, with representatives of all State Legislatures; this was widely recognised as a mere sham as, since the March 1964 coup d'état, each "elected" President had been a retired general chosen in a closed military caucus. Lula and the PT supported the public demand for a change in the electoral system. But the campaign was defeated by a vote in Congress that rejected an amendment calling direct elections for the following year, and, in 1985, a civilian president, Tancredo Neves, was elected by the same indirect procedure, with Lula's support. Only four years later, as a direct result of Diretas Já! and after years of popular struggle, the 1989 elections were the first in 29 years to elect a president by direct popular vote.
Elections
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Lula first ran for office in 1982, for the state government of São Paulo, and lost. In the 1986 elections Lula won a seat in Congress with the most votes nationwide.[30] The Workers' Party helped write the country's post-military government Constitution, ensuring strong constitutional guarantees for workers' rights, but failed to achieve a proposed push for agrarian reform in the Constitutional text. Under Lula's leadership, the PT took a stance against the Constitution in the 1988 Constituent Assembly, reluctantly agreeing to sign the agreed draft at a later stage.
In 1989, still as a Congressman, Lula ran as the PT candidate in the first democratic elections for president since 1960. Lula and Leonel Brizola, two popular left-wing candidates, were expected to vie for first place. Lula was viewed as the more left-leaning of the two, advocating immediate land reform and a default on the external debt. However, a minor candidate, Fernando Collor de Mello, former governor of Alagoas, quickly amassed support among the nation's élite with a more business-friendly agenda. Collor became popular taking emphatic anti-corruption positions; he eventually beat Lula in the second round of the 1989 elections. In 1992, Collor resigned, under threat of impeachment for his alleged embezzlement of public money.
Lula refused to run for re-election as a Congressman in 1990, busying himself with expanding the Workers' Party organizations around the country. As the political scene in the 1990s came under the sway of the Brazilian real monetary stabilization plan, which ended decades of rampant inflation, former Minister of Finance Fernando Henrique Cardoso (Brazilian Social Democracy Party (PSDB)) defeated Lula in 1994 and again, by an even wider margin, in 1998.
Before winning the presidency in 2002, Lula had been a strident union organizer known for his bushy beard and Che Guevara T-shirts.[31] In the 2002 campaign, Lula foreswore both his informal clothing style and his platform plank of linking the payment of Brazil's foreign debt to a prior thorough audit. This last point had worried economists, businessmen and banks, who feared that even a partial Brazilian default along with the existing Argentine default would have a massive ripple effect through the world economy. Embracing political consultant Duda Mendonça's advice to pursue a more media-friendly image, Lula became president after winning the second round of the 2002 election, held on 27 October, defeating the PSDB candidate José Serra. On 1 October 2006, Lula narrowly missed winning another term in the first round of elections. He faced a run-off on 29 October and won by a substantial margin.[32] In an interview published 26 August 2007, he said that he had no intention to seek a constitutional change so that he could run for a third consecutive term; he also said that he wanted "to reach the end of [his] term in a strong position in order to influence the succession."[33]
Presidency (2003–2011)
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Lula served two terms as president and left office on 1 January 2011. During his farewell speech he said he felt an additional burden to prove that he could handle the presidency despite his humble beginnings. "If I failed, it would be the workers' class which would be failing; it would be this country's poor who would be proving they did not have what it takes to rule."[34]
Political orientation
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Since the beginning of his political career to the present, Lula has changed some of his original ideas and moderated his positions. Instead of the drastic social changes he proposed in the past, his government chose a reformist line, passing new retirement, tax, labour and judicial legislation, and discussing university reform.
Very few of the proposed reforms were actually implemented during Lula's terms of office. Some wings of the Worker's Party disagreed with the increasing moderation in focus since the late eighties and have since left the party to form dissident wings such as the Workers' Cause Party, the United Socialist Workers' Party and, during Lula's presidency, the Socialism and Liberty Party. Alliances with old, traditional oligarch politicians, like former presidents José Sarney and Fernando Collor, have been a cause of disappointment for some.[35]
Social projects
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Lula put social programs at the top of his agenda during the campaigns and after election. From very early on his leading program was to eradicate hunger, following the lead of projects already put into practice by the Fernando Henrique Cardoso administration, but expanded by the new Fome Zero ("Zero Hunger") program.[36] This program brings together a series of programs with the goal to end hunger in Brazil, including the construction of water cisterns in Brazil's semi-arid region of Sertão, plus actions to counter teenage pregnancy, to strengthen family agriculture, to distribute a minimum amount of cash to the poor, and many other measures.
The largest assistance program, however, was Bolsa Família ("Family Allowance"), which was based upon the previous Bolsa Escola ("School Allowance"), which was conditional on school attendance, first introduced in the city of Campinas by then-mayor José Roberto Magalhães Teixeira. Not long thereafter, other municipalities and states adopted similar programs. President Fernando Henrique Cardoso later federalized the program in 2001. In 2003, Lula formed Bolsa Família by combining Bolsa Escola with additional allowances for food and kitchen gas. This was preceded by the creation of a new ministry – the Ministry of Social Development and Eradication of Hunger. This merger reduced administrative costs and bureaucratic complexity for both the families involved and the administration of the program.
Fome Zero has a government budget and accepts donations from the private sector and international organizations. The Bolsa Família program has been praised internationally for its achievements, despite internal criticism accusing it of having turned into an electoral weapon.
Along with projects such as Fome Zero and Bolsa Família, the Lula administration flagship program was the Growth Acceleration Program (PAC). The PAC had a total budget of $646 billion reais (US$353 billion) by 2010, and was the Lula administration's main investment program. It was intended to strengthen Brazil's infrastructure, and consequently to stimulate the private sector and create more jobs. The social and urban infrastructure sector was scheduled to receive $84.2 billion reais (US$46 billion).
Economy
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As Lula gained strength in the run-up to the 2002 elections, the fear of drastic measures, and comparisons with Hugo Chávez of Venezuela, increased internal market speculation. This led to some market hysteria, contributing to a drop in the value of the real, and a downgrade of Brazil's credit rating.[37]
In the beginning of his first term, Lula's chosen Minister of Finance was Antonio Palocci, a physician and former Trotskyist activist who had recanted his far left views while serving as the mayor of the sugarcane processing industry center of Ribeirão Preto, in the state of São Paulo. Lula also chose Henrique Meirelles of the Brazilian Social Democracy Party, a prominent market-oriented economist, as head of the Brazilian Central Bank. As a former CEO of the BankBoston he was well-known to the market.[38] Meirelles was elected to the Chamber of Deputies in 2002 as a member of the opposing PSDB, but resigned as deputy to become Governor of the Central Bank.[38]
Silva and his cabinet followed in part the lead of the previous government,[39] by renewing all agreements with the International Monetary Fund, which were signed by the time Argentina defaulted on its own deals in 2001. His government achieved a satisfactory primary budget surplus in the first two years, as required by the IMF agreement, exceeding the target for the third year. In late 2005, the government paid off its debt to the IMF in full, two years ahead of schedule.[40] Three years after the election, Lula had slowly but firmly gained the market's confidence, and sovereign risk indexes fell to around 250 points. The government's choice of inflation targeting kept the economy stable, and was complimented during the 2005 World Economic Forum in Davos.
The Brazilian economy was generally not affected by the mensalão scandal, which related to vote buying in the Brazilian Congress.[41] In early 2006, however, Palocci had to resign as finance minister due to his involvement in an abuse of power scandal. Lula then appointed Guido Mantega, a member of the PT and an economist by profession, as finance minister. Mantega, a former Marxist who had written a PhD thesis (in Sociology) on the history of economic ideas in Brazil from a left-wing viewpoint, was known for his criticism of high interest rates, something he claimed satisfied banking interests. Mantega was also supportive of a higher level of employment by the state. Not long after the start of his second term, Lula's government announced the Growth Acceleration Program (Programa de Aceleração de Crescimento, PAC), an investment program to solve many of the problems that prevented the Brazilian economy from expanding more rapidly. The measures included investment in the creation and repair of roads and railways, simplification and reduction of taxation, and modernization of the country's energy production to avoid further shortages. The money pledged to be spent on this program was considered to be around R$ 500 billion (more than 250 billion dollars) over four years. Prior to taking office, Lula had been a critic of privatization. In his government, however, his administration created public-private partnership concessions for seven federal roadways.[42]
After decades with the largest foreign debt among emerging economies, Brazil became a net creditor for the first time in January 2008.[43] By mid-2008, both Fitch Ratings and Standard & Poor's had elevated the classification of Brazilian debt from speculative to investment grade. Banks made record profits under Lula's government.[44]
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Lula's second term was much more confident; Lula was then not only the undisputed master of popular affection, as the first president to bring a modest well-being to many people, but also in complete control of his own administration. His two leading ministers were gone. Palocci was no longer needed to calm the nerves of overseas investors and Lula had never liked and somewhat feared José Dirceu, a virtuoso of cold political calculation and intrigue. Their joint elimination freed Lula for sole command in Brasilia. When, midway through his second term its test came, he handled it with aplomb. The crash of Wall Street in 2008 might have been a tsunami in the US and Europe, he declared, but in Brazil it would be no more than a little 'ripple' ("uma marolinha"). The phrase was seized on by the Brazilian press as proof of reckless economic ignorance and irresponsibility.[45] Lula proved that the media (PiG) was wrong. In 2008, Brazil enjoyed economic good health to fight the global financial crisis with a large economic stimulus lasting, at least, until 2014.[46]
The Lula administration's economic policies also helped to significantly raise living standards, with the percentage of Brazilians belonging to the consumerist middle class rising from 37% to 50% of the population.
"Under Lula, Brazil became the world's eighth-largest economy, more than 20 million people rose out of acute poverty and Rio de Janeiro was awarded the 2016 Summer Olympics, the first time the Games will be held in South America."
— The Washington Post, October 2010[31]
Foreign policy
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Leading a large and competitive agricultural state, Lula generally opposed and criticized farm subsidies, and this position has been seen as one of the reasons for the walkout of developing nations and subsequent collapse of the Cancún World Trade Organization talks in 2003 over G8 agricultural subsidies.[47] Brazil played an important role in negotiations regarding internal conflicts in Venezuela and Colombia, and concentrated efforts on strengthening Mercosur.[48] During the Lula administration, Brazilian foreign trade increased dramatically, changing from deficits to several surpluses after 2003. In 2004 the surplus was US$29 billion, due to a substantial increase in global demand for commodities. Brazil also provided UN peace-keeping troops and led a peace-keeping mission in Haiti.[49]
According to The Economist of 2 March 2006, Lula had a pragmatic foreign policy, seeing himself as a negotiator, not an ideologue, a leader adept at reconciling opposites. As a result, he befriended both Venezuelan president Hugo Chávez and U.S. President George W. Bush.[50] Lula also gained increasing stature in the Southern hemisphere through economic growth in Brazil. In 2008, he was said to have become a "point man for healing regional crises," as in the escalation of tensions between Colombia, Venezuela and Ecuador. Former Finance Minister, and current advisor, Delfim Netto, said: "Lula is the ultimate pragmatist."[51]
He travelled to more than 80 countries during his presidency.[52] A goal of Lula's foreign policy was for the country to gain a seat as a permanent member of the United Nations Security Council. In this he was unsuccessful.[52] Lula was considered to have pulled off a major coup with Turkey in regards to getting Iran to send its uranium abroad in contravention of western calls.[52][53]
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The condemnation of Iranian Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani for the crime of adultery, with a sentence of execution by stoning led to calls for Lula da Silva's intervention on her behalf. On the issue, Lula commented that "I need to respect the laws of a [foreign] country. If my friendship with the president of Iran and the respect that I have for him is worth something, if this woman has become a nuisance, we will receive her in Brazil." The Iranian government, however, declined the offer.[54][55] Lula da Silva's actions and comments sparked controversy. Mina Ahadi, an Iranian Communist politician, welcomed Lula da Silva's offer of asylum for Ashtiani, but also reiterated a call for an end to stoning altogether and requesting a cessation of recognition and support for the Iranian government.[56][57][58][59] Jackson Diehl, Deputy editorial page Editor of The Washington Post, called Lula da Silva the "best friend of tyrants in the democratic world" and criticised his actions.[54] Shirin Ebadi, Iranian human rights activist and Nobel Peace Prize winner viewed Lula da Silva's intervention in a more positive light, calling it a "powerful message to the Islamic Republic."[60]
Environment
Between 2004 and 2012, deforestation has decreased from 27.700 km² annually to 4.500 km² annually.[61]
Corruption scandals and controversy
Mensalão
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Lula's administration was plagued by corruption scandals, notably the mensalão scandal and Escândalo dos Sanguessugas s in his first term. The Brazilian Attorney-General presented charges against 40 politicians and officials involved in the Mensalão affair, including several charges against Lula himself. Top officials involved, such as Roberto Jefferson, José Dirceu, Luiz Gushiken and Humberto Costa denied he was aware of any wrongdoing; but one of his own party members, Alindo Chinaglia, alleged that Lula had been warned that the corruption existed.[62] Having lost numerous government aides in the face of political turmoil, Lula survived largely unscathed in the eyes of the public, with overwhelming approval rates.
His administration was heavily criticized for relying on local political barons, like José Sarney, Jader Barbalho, Renan Calheiros and Fernando Collor to ensure a majority in Congress. He did lose some important votes in Congress however, such as when the Senate barred a tax on financial transactions from being reinstated. Another frequent reproach was his ambiguous treatment of the left wing of the PT. Analysts felt that he would occasionally give in to left-wing calls for tighter government control on media and increased state intervention: in 2004, he pushed for the creation of a "Federal Council of Journalists" (CFJ) and a "National Cinema Agency" (Ancinav), the latter designed to overhaul funding for electronic communications. Both proposals ultimately failed amid concerns over the effect of state control on free speech.[63][64] Fernando Cardoso, Lula's predecessor as president, accused Lula of denying the positive achievements of the Cardoso administration.[65]
In March 2009, before a G-20 summit in London, Lula caused an uproar by declaring that the economic crisis was caused by "the irrational behavior of white people with blue eyes, who before seemed to know everything, and now have shown they don't know anything."[66]
When wanted Italian terrorist Cesare Battisti was arrested in Rio de Janeiro on 18 March 2007 by Brazilian and French police officers, Brazilian Minister of Justice Tarso Genro granted him refugee status of political, a controversial decision much criticized in Italy which divided the Brazilian and international press. On 5 February 2009, the European Parliament adopted a resolution in support of Italy and held a minute's silence in memory of Battisti's victims. On 18 November 2009, the Brazilian Supreme Court declared the refugee status and allowed Battisi's extradition, but also stated that the Brazilian constitution gave the president personal powers to deny the extradition if he chose to, effectively putting the final decision in the hands of Brazilian president.[67] Despite that decision, Lula decided to bar extradition of Battisti.[68] On 31 December 2010, Lula's last day in office, the decision not to allow extradition was officially announced. Battisti was released on 9 June 2011 from prison after the Brazilian Constitutional Court denied Italy's request to extradite him. Italy planned to appeal to the International Court of Justice in The Hague.[69] As of May 2017, Battisti still lived in Brazil.
Lula da Silva claimed on Brazilian public television that he did not know anything about the scandals.[70] He also said that people who did not agree with paying a tax for each check issued and/or financial transaction were people who illegally failed to pay their income tax.[70]
Operation Car Wash – Corruption investigation and prosecution
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In April 2015 the Public Ministry of Brazil opened an investigation into allegations of influence peddling by Lula, which claimed that between 2011 and 2014 he had lobbied for government contracts in foreign countries for the Odebrecht company and had also persuaded the Brazilian Development Bank to finance the projects in Ghana, Angola, Cuba, and the Dominican Republic.[71] In June 2015 Marcelo Odebrecht, president of Odebrecht, was arrested on charges that he had paid politicians $230 million in bribes.[72] Three other company executives were also arrested, as well as the chief executive of Andrade Gutierrez, another construction conglomerate.[73]
On 4 March 2016, as part of "Operation Car Wash", Brazilian authorities raided Lula's home.[74][75] After the raid, the police detained Lula da Silva for questioning.[76][77] A police statement alleged that Lula had collaborated in illegal bribes from the oil company Petrobras, which had benefited his political party and presidential campaign.[76] Prosecutor Carlos Fernando said "The favors to Lula from big construction companies involved in the fraud at Petrobras were many and hard to quantify".[78] Lula said that he and his party were being politically persecuted.[79][80][81]
On 16 March 2016, Rousseff appointed Lula as her chief of staff, a position comparable to that of prime minister. This would have shielded him from arrest due to the immunity that went with the position.[82] Cabinet ministers in Brazil are among close to seven hundred senior government officials enjoying special judicial standing, which means they can only be tried by Brazil’s Supreme Federal Court. Supreme Court Judge Gilmar Mendes suspended Lula da Silva's appointment on the grounds that Rousseff was trying to help Lula circumvent prosecution.[83][84]
On 14 September 2016, prosecutors filed corruption charges against Lula, accusing him of being the mastermind or 'maximum commander of the scheme'.[85] On 19 September 2016, 13th Circuit (Paraná) federal judge Sérgio Moro, who was leading the corruption probe, accepted an indictment for money laundering against Lula and his wife Marisa Leticia Lula da Silva. On 11 May 2017, Lula answered a summons by appearing in Curitiba, and was questioned by Moro. The closed-court hearing lasted five hours. Thousands of Lula supporters went to Curitiba, together with Dilma Rousseff. After the hearing, Lula and Rousseff gave speeches to his supporters; Lula attacked what he called bias in the Brazilian media.[86]
Lula was found guilty by the lower court of accepting R$3.7 million in bribes ($1.2 million US) in the form of improvements to a beachfront house, alleged to be his property, made by a construction company Grupo OAS , which in turn received lucrative contracts from the state-owned oil company Petrobras.[87] On 12 July 2017, he received a sentence of nine and a half years in prison.[88] However, he remained free pending his appeal.[89] Lula's lawyer accused the judge of bias, and the judge replied that nobody – not even the former president – should be above the rule of law.[89] Lula also faced other charges including money laundering, influence peddling and obstruction of justice.[90][87] If Lula cannot run for president as he plans, this would have a strong effect on the 2018 presidential elections, as Lula is a popular candidate and his absence would generate a big power vacuum in the left.[89]
Prison
On 5 April 2018, Brazil’s Supreme Federal Court (STF) voted 6–5 to deny Lula's habeas corpus petition.[91] The court ruled that Lula must begin serving the sentence relating to the 12 July 2017 judgement, despite not having exhausted all of his rights to appeal. Lula and his political party vowed to continue his campaign from prison following the court's decision that he must surrender himself by 6 April.[92] Lula failed to turn himself in at the scheduled time[93], but did so on the following day, 7 April.[94]
UN Human Rights Committee
After the Brazilian Federal Supreme Court refused to consider alleged violations of fundamental human rights by Judge Sergio Moro, Lula’s defense lawyers decided to appeal to the United Nations Human Rights Committee.[95] In the lawsuit, the lawyers requested that the Committee provide an opinion on the accusations that Moro violated Lula’s right to privacy, his right to not be arbitrarily arrested and his right to the presumption of innocence until proven guilty. They presented as proof of abusive practices:
- Coercive conduct against Lula on 4 March 2016.
- The leaking of confidential data to the press.
- The leaking of illegally obtained phone conversation recordings to the press.
- An abusive strategy of temporary and preemptive imprisonments in order to obtain plea-bargaining deals implicating the former president.
Because the judge’s chief of staff had posted on her Facebook page a petition calling for Lula’s imprisonment[96] and the presiding judge of the appellate panel had, before the decision had been issued, praised the trial judge’s decision to convict Lula for corruption[97], The New York Times concluded that "Brazil’s democracy is now weaker than it has been since military rule ended".[98] The newspaper was joined by a number of international intellectuals, activists and political leaders – from Noam Chomsky to a group of 12 US Congressmen[99] – who complained that the legal proceedings appeared to be designed to prevent Lula (the front-runner in opinion polls) from running for president in 2018.[100]
- Chronology
On 28 July 2016, Lula filed a 39-page petition with the UN's Human Rights Committee outlining alleged abuses of power. The petition claims that “Lula is a victim of abuse of power by a judge, with the complicity of prosecutors and the media...”.[101], the petition first ever taken against Brazil, which ratified the Committee’s protocol in 2009.
The UN accepted the case[102] and Brazil had six months to respond to the petition with the committee made of 18 international jurists.[103] In November 2016, Lula's legal team filed additional evidence of abuses by the Brazilian justice system.[104] and another document was filed on 5 October 2017, in Geneva, Switzerland reporting other facts, such as Judge Sérgio Moro’s attendance at the premiere of a film that depicts former President Lula as guilty despite the lack of any definitive decision against him at that time.[105]
Following Judge's Moro issuing of an arrest warrant for the ex-president, on April 6, 2018, Lula appealed to the UN"s Human Rights Committee to ask the government to prevent his arrest until he has exhausted all appeals. Lula argued that the Brazilian Supreme Court had narrowly adopted its ruling with only six votes against five, which “shows the need for an independent court to examine if the presumption of innocence was violated" in his case. The Human Rights Committee has received a request for ‘interim measures" and is deliberating the request.[106]
Post-presidency
Health
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On 29 October 2011, through the Syrian-Lebanese Hospital of São Paulo, it was announced that Lula suffered from throat cancer, a malignant tumor in his larynx. He elected chemotherapy to counteract the tumor, and on 16 November, his press office released photos of his wife shaving his beard and hair, leaving him bald, although he retained his moustache.[107] It was the first time he'd been seen without his beard since he left office.[108] He was treated with radiation, and the cancer went into remission. Lula announced his recovery in March 2012, as well as his return to politics. Fellow politician Dilma Rousseff, then president of Brazil, welcomed the news.[109] Contrary to rumors, Lula declared in early 2013 that he would no longer be a presidential candidate, supporting Dilma Rousseff for a second term.[110]
Lula da Silva was expected to join Rousseff's government, according to official media sources[who?]. The appointment raised concerns about his arrest and investigation.[111]
Awards and recognition
Since Lula was first elected president, he has received numerous medals, such as the Brazilian Order of Merit, the Brazilian Orders of Military, Naval and Aeronautical Merit, the Brazilian Order of Scientific Merit, the Mexican Order of the Aztec Eagle[112] and the Norwegian Order of Royal Merit, as well as the First Class of the Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise (Ukraine, 2003), the Order of Liberty (Ukraine, 2009) and the Danish Order of the Elephant (2007).
He received the Prince of Asturias Award for International Cooperation in 2003[113] and was the chief guest at India's Republic Day celebration in 2004.[114] He was also given the Jawaharlal Nehru Award in 2006[115] and the Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development in 2010.[116] He was rated the most popular Brazilian president of all time with an 80.5% approval rate in his last months as the president.[117] US president Barack Obama greeted Lula at the G20 summit in London (April 2009) by saying: "That's my man right there...love this guy...The most popular politician on earth."[118]
Lula was chosen 2009 Man of the Year by the prominent European newspapers El País and Le Monde. The Financial Times ranked Lula among the 50 faces that shaped the 2000s.[119] On 20 December 2008, he was named the 18th-most important person in the world by Newsweek magazine, and was the only Latin American on their list of the 50 Most Influential World Leaders.[120]
On 7 July 2009, he received UNESCO's Félix Houphouët-Boigny Peace Prize at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris, France. On 5 November 2009, President Lula was awarded the Chatham House Prize, given to the statesperson who is deemed by Chatham House members to have made the most significant contribution to the improvement of international relations in the previous year.[121] On 3 August 2009 he received the O.P. Dwivedi Public Service Award from the International Association of Schools and Institutes of Administration (IASIA), an award established to honor a distinguished international scholar or practitioner for significant contributions to public administration and public policy in the world.[122]
On 29 January 2010, President Lula was given the Global Statesman award by the World Economic Forum, held in Davos, Switzerland, but could not attend the ceremony due to problems of high blood pressure.[123] In 2010, Time magazine named Lula one of the most influential leaders of the world.[124] On 27 September 2011, he received a doctorate honoris causa from the Paris Institute of Political Studies, commonly known as Sciences Po.[125]
On 14 October 2011, President Lula received the 2011 World Food Prize, along with John Kufuor, former president of Ghana, for his personal commitment and visionary leadership while serving as the president of Brazil, and for creating and implementing government policies to alleviate hunger and poverty in his country.[126] In 2012 he received the Freedom medal.[127]
In popular culture
Academy Award-nominated film director Fábio Barreto directed the 2009 Brazilian film Lula, Son of Brazil that depicts the life of Lula up to 35 years of age.[128] The film was a commercial and critical failure,[129][130] accused of being election propaganda,[131][132] and producers even aired it for free.[133] Some observers in Brazil said the film was a sign of cult of personality.[134]
The series The Mechanism on Netflix deals with Operation Car Wash and features a character that corresponds to Lula, João Higino, played by Arthur Kohl. [135]
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Further reading
- Silva, Luis Inácio da; Castro, Cassiana Rosa de; Machado, Sueli de Fátima; Santos, Alveci Oliveira de Orato; Ferreira, Luiz Tarcísio Teixeira; Teixeira, Paulo; Suplicy, Marta; Dutra, Olívio (2003). "The programme for land tenure legalization on public land in São Paulo, Brazil." Environment and Urbanization 15 (2): 191–200.
- Bourne, R (2008). Lula of Brazil : The story so far. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press. ISBN 978-0-520-24663-8
- Goertzel, Ted (2011). Brazil's Lula: The Most Popular Politician on Earth. Boca Raton, Florida: Brown Walker Press. ISBN 978-1-61233-505-6.
- Cardim de Carvalho, Fernando J. (2007). "Lula's Government in Brazil: A New Left or the Old Populism?". In Arestis, Philip; Saad-Filho, Alfredo (eds.). Political Economy of Brazil. London: Palgrave Macmillan. pp. 24–41. ISBN 978-0-230-54277-8.
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