Lula da Silva again to the rescue of President Rousseff facing cabinet setback

Wednesday, July 20th 2011 - 22:21 UTC

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Former Brazilian leader Lula da Silva said President Dilma Rousseff managed the latest political crisis in the cabinet ‘correctly’ and is proving she has the capacity to lead “in this and in all situations”. Read full article

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GeoffWard2
So,
saying Dilma 'acted correctly' is Lula's (and Mercopress's) idea of 'coming to the rescue of the Presidenta'.
lol
Jul 21st, 2011 - 07:31 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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Forgetit87
Unlike the US, where former presidents become mostly muted and symbolic figures, BR presidents continue to take part in the world of politics, often as legislators (Sarney, Collor, the late Franco) or political commentators (FHC). [PS - the only exceptions to that were the military presidents.] By supporting Dilma's approach to the cabinet issue, Lula is, therefore, behaving no differently than other BR presidents have or have had. Mercopress chooses to spin this story to implicitly pass a condescending image on Dilma. As should be obvious by now, its coverage of LatAm countries is base and polemicist.
Jul 21st, 2011 - 07:44 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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GeoffWard2
Distinction should be made between:
(i) Ex-leaders/politicians subsequently voted into lesser office.
(ii) Ex-leaders/politicians who have no subsequent official position.
(iii) Ex-leaders/politicians who become official Advisors of the State.

Lula is in category (ii) - he has no official position and no unofficial position.
The limit of his activity should be FHC-style commentary.
He has no place or role in Brasilia.
Jul 21st, 2011 - 09:31 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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Forgetit87
He doesn't have any such role. All he has, is a leadership position within the Worker's Party. That's probably the reason he feels the need to endorse Dilma's moves since she isn't an established leader withinth PT, and the party's left wing is (rightly) skeptical of her commitment to the party's base. I see no evidence of him forcing his opinions on Dilma (which would be an interesting reversal of Lula's terms in office, when Dilma was the de facto main person within the Exceutive). I do see the inverse - Lula supporting Dilma's policies even when they contradict his own, such as when BR under Dilma voted to send a UN “human rights” group to Iran.
Jul 21st, 2011 - 04:40 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Fido Dido
The spin comes from up north from who Mercopress copy and paste.
Jul 21st, 2011 - 06:58 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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