Posted on 02/10/02
Whatever Lula wants, will Lula get?
SAO PAULO -- Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, a left-leaning ex-metalworker born into desperate poverty, stands an excellent chance of being elected on Sunday as president of Brazil. If he succeeds, it will be one of the most remarkable political feats in recent Latin American history -- perhaps more momentous than Vicente Fox Quesada's 2000 triumph in Mexico, which drove the final stake through the heart of single-party rule.
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