[lbo-talk] Why will Lula win on Sunday?

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Sun Oct 22 17:15:39 PDT 2006


On Oct 22, 2006, at 7:43 PM, Paul wrote:


> Lula's Brazil is mostly another example of neo-liberal
> disappointments.

I keep asking people who say things like that - what else could he have done? He'd face a capital strike if he'd gotten too radical. Brazil is not like Venezuela; it has high debts and no oil exports. Low debt and high oil income give Chavez enormous freedom to maneuver.

Doug



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