The moderating power of Lula

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Unlike her predecessor, the presidenthas stubbornly ignored some of thebasic rules of Brazil’s presidential politics,and her governing style “has translatedinto a tongue-tied and unsettlingretrenchment,” says João Augusto deCastro Neves. But he sees hope in theexpanding role in the administrationthat the former president seems to bequietly taking.