LULA DA SILVA DILMA ROUSSEFF

Brazilian politics (2)

Lula: difficult balancing between promoting business and making progress on social issues.Programa de Aceleração do Crescimento, or PAC (“Growth acceleration programme”) of public investment PAC manager: Dilma Rousseff

Tight fiscal policies.

Export promotion is a main component in plans to generate growth and reduce vulnerability to international financial market fluctuations Access to foreign markets through trade negotiations and increased export promotion as well as government financing for exports.

Control of corruption improving but is still an ongoing concern increased transparency and willingness to prosecute various corruption scandals by his PT and allies.

Brazilian politics (1)Relations are generally difficult between the executive and the legislature + federal and state governments. Brazil is a federal republic with 26 states and a federal districtTradition of switching parties

Workers' Party (PT-center-left)

Brazilian Social Democratic Party (PSDB-center-left)

Brazilian Democratic Movement Party (PMDB-center)

Democrats (DEM-center-right)

Green Party (PV-left)Socialism and Freedom Party (Psol-left)Brazilian Labor Party (PTB-center-right)Brazilian Socialist Party (PSB-left)Democratic Labor Party (PDT-left)Communist Party of Brazil (PCdoB-left)

Dilma RousseffVanguarda Armada Revolucionária Palmares (VAR Palmares)

http://www.webcastr.com/videos/news/shes-no-lula-brazils-next-best-thing.html

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-12103317

Violence in Brazil is criminal rather than political?

Favelas: Rocinha

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Bb7JPE02VU

Before the Party - a documentary from Rio de Janeiro

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RxHI4jushGQ

http://www.xe.com/currencyconverter/

MEDIA: Dying for Land in Brazil: Sam Eifling at TEDxTerryTalks 2012

http://www.survivalinternational.org/about/funai

Brazil Economy & Oil Digital StoryOpinions, Obama, Dilma.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mAkooCUxqGg

Left:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PgLrO3YWyck

Brazil - An Inconvenient History

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aKjHktSEDxY

http://brazilianbubble.com/

http://www.forbes.com/sites/andersonantunes/2013/04/05/can-marina-silva-revamp-brazilian-politics/

Brazil's outrage over 'racist' evangelical politician

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-22005901