Workers’ Party

…mean victory for the popular Workers’ Party (Partido dos Trabalhadores; PT), while the left wanted to milk the ongoing corruption scandal. Business interests sought to avoid postponement of a debate concerning reform of the 1988 constitution. Franco thus remained in office through the 1994 presidential election, which was won by…

A founding member of the Workers’ Party (Portuguese: Partido dos Trabalhadores), Lula first ran for political office as his party’s candidate for governor of the state of São Paulo in 1982, finishing fourth. He later led national efforts in favour of direct elections for president, organizing mass demonstrations in state…

…Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s Workers’ Party (Partido dos Trabalhadores; PT). Her standing in the party quickly rose, and she left her government job in 2002 to serve on the staff of Lula’s successful presidential campaign.

…by Fernando Haddad of the Workers’ Party. In 2014 Haddad was confronted with massive student-led street demonstrations in response to increased public transportation fares. Those demonstrations soon spread across the country and became vehicles for demands for improved education and health care as well as curbs on corruption and greater…