description: In October 2002, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva became South America's first democratically elected socialist leader since Salvador Allende. With unprecedented access to Lula over the first two years of his administration, this book tells the extraordinary life story of the man and of his Workers Party's four successive bids for power. Now updated, it includes an analysis of his early attempts at social reform, his growing leadership on the international stage, and his response to charges of abandoning the left of his own party and the hopes of his staunchest supporters.
language: English
title: Brazil - Carnival of the Oppressed: Lula and the Brazilian Workers' Party
titlecomplete: Brazil - Carnival of the Oppressed: Lula and the Brazilian Workers' Party
characters: Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
genres: Brazil
ratings_count: 20
publisher: Monthly Review Press