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A Brazilian statesman, Lula rose from union activism to Brazil's presidency, leading the left with social programs, anti-poverty policies, and a development project with a strong state presence.
Political topics
Lula da Silva leans further toward progressive than 80% of the 569 personalities in the catalog.
Of all the topics, Morality is where Lula da Silva stands furthest from the rest.
On Religion, Lula da Silva sits practically at the catalog median.
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Current that mobilizes the people against economic elites, defending redistribution, public control, national sovereignty, plebiscitary democracy, and broad social policy in popular anti-establishment language.
Model associated with Brazil's Workers' Party governments that seeks growth with social inclusion, combining rising minimum wages, popular credit, cash transfers and public banks without breaking with the market.
System in which collectively or publicly owned enterprises compete in markets, uniting the efficiency of competition with the socialist distribution of profits, without the rigid central planning of state economies.
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Authoritarian NeoliberalismFar-Right34%
Leader of the PAIGC, Cabral led the armed struggle for independence of Guinea-Bissau and Cape Verde against Portugal, joining Marxism, African nationalism and the analysis of culture. He urged the petty bourgeoisie's 'class suicide'. He was assassinated in 1973.
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A South American presidential republic, Colombia combines democracy, a strong Catholic tradition, and a market economy, seeking to consolidate peace after decades of armed conflict under an unprecedented left-wing government.
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Under Allende's Popular Unity, Chile attempted democratic socialism through copper and bank nationalization, agrarian reform, and economic planning until the 1973 military coup.
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