The power and perils of political charisma – The Mail & Guardian

Antithesis: Supporters greet Brazil’s Lula da Silva ahead of the 1994 elections. (Collart Hervé/Sygma/Getty Images) Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva came to prominence in 1979 while leading a metalworkers’ strike under the military dictatorship that oppressed Brazil from 1964 to…







