Brazzil

I was in Rio during the last Presidential election and I watched Lula re-awakened the "favela" and the ultra-liberal vote by making promises that he new he could never keep.... but what's new in politics?

The next election should prove to be equally as compelling and interesting as we watch both "old horses", dance around their past statements.

I'm not sure what the point of Mr. Torres' musings is. What if? What if Lula had four arms and the power to bend objects with his mind? One wonders…

P.S. To the editors: What if you could edit? Based on my own college teaching, sadly, I don't expect much from a college student, but throw the kid a lifeline here.

Well, I think the point of the article is to show that what sometimes people perceive to be white, is in fact black....and what sometimes people view as black is maybe white.....People in 2002, voted for Lula because he promised changed from Cardoso's economic policy but maybe with the election of Serra, someone who was supported by Cardoso could have made even greater changes than someone like Lula, who had to win many of his non-believers on the center-right.....

since Lula took office, Brazil has paid minimum $190 B on its foreign debt, between interest and principal. "Thanks" to that, Brazil's foreign debt has fallent o some $170B. If this is a leftist policy, what should Lula have done to be called a rightist? I would have vastly preferred José Serra's supposedly right wing policy of keep Brazil developing with foreign capital. But the stupidity of the left is an inexhaustible resource.
Why Moody's and S&P don't give Lula the triple A rating is a mistery to me.