Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva | |
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| Born | 27 October 1945 Caetés, Pernambuco, Brazil |
| Nationality | Brazilian |
| Political orientation | Social democracy |
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, commonly known as Lula, is a Brazilian social-liberal politician and leader of the Workers' Party and the president of Brazil from 2003 to 2010.[1] He co-founded BRICS and seeks to strengthen Latin American unity through regional organizations like CELAC, UNASUL, and Mercosul. He also proposed creating a new currency for all of Latin American to free it from the US dollar.[2]
Though his policies are usually associated with the left, his government always adopted policies focusing on enriching bankers and the large landowners.[3]
Life
Born on October 27, 1945, in Caetés, Brazil, Lula grew up in poverty and had little formal education. He began working at a young age to help support his family, and became involved in the labor movement in the 1970s, being arrested multiple times by the fascist Brazilian corporatist-military government.
Lula rose to prominence as a leader of the Workers' Party (PT), a social-democratic political party that he co-founded in 1980. He ran for President three times before finally being elected in 2002. As President, Lula implemented a number of social programs that helped to reduce poverty and inequality in Brazil, and he was widely popular among the Brazilian people. He was re-elected in 2006, and in his second term, began conceding to the Brazilian national bourgeoisie.
After leaving office in 2011, Lula faced legal troubles and was sentenced to prison on corruption charges in 2018. He was released from prison in 2019, and remains an important figure in Brazilian politics. He won the 2022 presidential election against the neo-fascist Jair Bolsonaro and was inaugurated on 1 January 2023.
Government
Third government
The Lula government which began in 2023, continued to follow in practice the same neoliberal austerity measures adopted by the Michel Temer and the Bolsonaro governments, presenting only aesthetic differences with the previous fascist government. Privatization policies continued to deepen under his government, such as the use of public resources to support the first case of privatization of a prison complex, located in Rio Grande do Sul.[4]
In 18 September 2023, Lula had a meeting in New York with bourgeois representatives from international imperialist conglomerates, such as BlackRock, Chevron, Citibank, before having dinner with them, among national bourgeois representatives, led by the president of Fiesp, a Brazilian industrial employer's union.[5][6]
References
- ↑ "For the independent mobilization of the working class against the threat of dictatorship in Brazil" (2022-09-30). WSWS. Archived from the original on 2022-10-01. Retrieved 2022-10-06.
- ↑ Ben Norton (2022-10-31). "Lula wins Brazil election: Game-changer for BRICS and Latin America" Multipolarista. Archived from the original on 2022-10-31. Retrieved 2022-11-01.
- ↑ “O que podemos perceber é que ao longo dos dois mandatos do governo Lula, essa aliança entre governo e frações da burguesia brasileira e com os partidos políticos historicamente conservadores não resultou naquilo que o candidato chamava de forma utópica de um “governo de todos” e que tinha uma preocupação especial pelos setores mais precarizados da população, mas era sim o governo que cuidou muito bem e enriqueceu uma parcela irrisória da população brasileira, ou seja, os grandes empresários e os banqueiros.”
José Batista de Queirós Neto (2016). O bloco no poder no Brasil durante o governo Lula (2003-2010) (p. 65). [PDF] Campina Grande: Universidade Federal de Campina Grande. - ↑ “O projeto do governo do Estado é a primeira Parceria Público-Privada (PPP) na área de segurança. O escopo foi elaborado por meio da Secretaria de Parcerias e Concessões (Separ) e da Secretaria de Sistemas Penal e Socioeducativo (SSPS), com o apoio do Banco Nacional de Desenvolvimento Econômico e Social (BNDES), e tem um investimento estimado de R$ 149 milhões. O leilão deve ocorrer em julho deste ano, na B3, em São Paulo.”
"Governo lança edital para construção e apoio operacional do novo presídio de Erechim" (2023-04-25). ASCOM Separ/ASCOM SSPS. Retrieved 2023-09-19. - ↑ “O presidente Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT) participou de uma reunião fechada com investidores, em Nova York, nos Estados Unidos, promovido pelo presidente da Fiesp, Josué Gomes, que posteriormente, realizou um jantar para o mandatário.
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Após o encontro, o presidente Lula foi recebido em um jantar promovido pela Fiesp com 130 pessoas e 22 investidores — a exemplo de Aitor Jaregui (BlackRock), Bruce Flatt (Brookfield), Jane Fraser (Citibank) e Abdulrahman Bakir (MISA).”
"Lula fala a investidores em reunião fechada antes de jantar da Fiesp" (2023-09-18). CNN Brasil. - ↑ “Em busca de parceiros privados para obras do PAC (Programa de Aceleração do Crescimento) em energia renovável — especialmente eólica e solar no Nordeste — e de investidores americanos para o país, Lula optou por participar de um jantar fechado à imprensa, organizado pelas organizações patronais Fiesp e CNI, na noite de domingo, para o qual foram convidados cerca de 40 dirigentes de grandes empresas e fundos, como a Chevron, a Blackrock, o Citibank.”
"Lula e Biden se unem por sindicatos e trabalhadores de aplicativos após tensão entre Brasil e EUA" (2023-09-18). BBC News Brasil. Retrieved 2023-09-19.