Glenn Greenwald

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Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

When I interviewed Lula in 2016, I asked about the claim that PT is similar to Chavez or Castro, and he reacted with similar anger. Lula/PT are among the most *pragmatic* political actors I've seen, yet parts of the Brazilian right *and* left cast them as hard-core ideologues. https://t.co/tEcXLLFt5t — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Jan. 9, 2022 Hibernated

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Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

There are so many misconceptions in the US about what PT/Lula are. In the clip below, Dilma angrily rejects the suggestion from her leftist interviewer that PT is or should be in the model of Chavez, arguing that Chavez relied on military power rather than popular movements. — PolitiTweet.org

Dilma Rousseff had terrible economic ideas, but was consistently a democrat. Didn’t interfere with Lava Jato invest… https://t.co/J0QHAZkSAJ

Posted Jan. 9, 2022 Hibernated

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Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

There's somewhat of a strange disconnect because some (not all) of Lula's most fanatical followers are hard-core ideologues and purists, and the Right wants to cast Lula in the same light, but the *reality* of Lula is he's a cunning pragmatist who cuts deals with anyone to win. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Jan. 9, 2022 Hibernated