Welcome to DU!
The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards.
Join the community:
Create a free account
Support DU (and get rid of ads!):
Become a Star Member
Latest Breaking News
General Discussion
The DU Lounge
All Forums
Issue Forums
Culture Forums
Alliance Forums
Region Forums
Support Forums
Help & Search
FHC and Lula Unite in Political Alliance against Bolsonaro
Former presidents may have the first political alliance in the 2022 elections
May.27.2021 1:54PM
In mid-1978, the former Leão de Ouro canteen, in São Bernardo do Campo (SP), brought together professor Fernando Henrique Cardoso and union leader Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva at the same table.
They wanted to gain the support of metallurgists for the FHC campaign for the Senate, in the November election of that year.
In 1993, PT and PSDB negotiated an alliance for the presidential election, but talks failed, and in 1994, FHC was victorious in the wake of the Real Plan.
With FHC's victory, Lula and the left stuck the “neoliberal” label to the PSDB party member, something he never accepted.
FHC and Lula's 16-year tenure (1995-2010) was the culmination of mutual aggression, with accusations that often went beyond the programmatic field and slipped into that of ethics. The toucan was talking about mensalão, and the petista, privatization.
More:
https://www1.folha.uol.com.br/internacional/en/brazil/2021/05/fhc-and-lula-unite-in-political-alliance-against-bolsonaro.shtml
