5601. Dossier 5: Lula and The Battle for Democracy
- Author:
- Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research
- Publication Date:
- 06-2018
- Content Type:
- Working Paper
- Institution:
- Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research
- Abstract:
- A ‘soft coup’ is underway in Brazil. The United States has become increasingly emboldened in tightening their grip on protecting their interests in the region at the expense of democracy and the people’s sovereignty to choose their own governments. Accusations of corruption with no evidence and the imprisonment of the leading candidate, Lula of the Workers’ Party, have cast a somber cloud over the upcoming October elections. Through a variety of tactics, Brazil’s democracy is under siege.
- Topic:
- Corruption, Elections, Democracy, and Coup
- Political Geography:
- Brazil and South America