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Lula's NYT Op-Ed: A "Corrected Version"

By Brian Winter

What a more honest column for the New York Times by Brazil’s former president might have looked like.

Esse artigo foi publicado em português na Folha de S.Paulo

“Sixteen years ago, Brazil was in crisis; its future uncertain. Markets were crashing because they feared I would be elected president. But my once-radical views had evolved, and I had a dream of turning Brazil into one of the world’s most prosperous and democratic countries.

“After I triumphed at the ballot box, my presidency was on balance a successful one. We cut poverty by more than half in just...

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