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For years, it was a well-known joke that Brazil is the country of the future and always will be. Indeed, the notion that Brazil would have higher economic growth and lower unemployment rates than the United States would have been unthinkable...

On January 1, 2003, Luis Inacio "Lula" da Silva of Brazil's Workers Party assumed the presidency. Contrary to widespread expectations, President Lula has not gone down the populist path as financial experts had feared before his election. Instead, he has embarked on economic policies supported by the IMF and...

First elected in 2002 and reelected by a landslide in 2006, Brazil’s president Luiz Inácio “Lula” da Silva is renowned for expanding Brazil’s antihunger and antipoverty programs. Lula has been no less determined to enhance Brazil’s role as an international leader by pushing for the more prominent role of developing...

A comparison between Greece today and Brazil in the past is of limited value, due to the number of fundamental differences between the nations' situations.

Brazilian president Luiz Inacio "Lula" da Silvais a much more apposite choice for 2007's "person of the year."

The only way for Brazilian president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva to consolidate his legacy in the wake of the financial crisis is to push long-term structural reforms and investments in human capital.

Lula should be encouraged to deepen pension and tax reforms, and to revitalise Brazil's moribund privatisation programme to attract foreign direct investment.

Brazilian president Luiz Inacio "Lula" da Silvais a much more apposite choice for 2007's "person of the year."