Brazil is generally regarded as a moderate, pro-Western country. In fact, it has been under communist leadership and has been since 1994, when Luis Ignacio Lula da Silva first came to power – with the help of Democratic Socialists of America and the AFL-CIO.
Democratic Socialists of America member Stanley Gacek was a labor attorney and AFL-CIO International Affairs Assistant Director, responsible for the Federation’s relations with Latin America and the Caribbean.
He has spoken and written extensively on Brazilian labor and politics and has been a friend and adviser to President Luis Ignacio Lula da Silva and his Workers Party since the early 1980s.
From Democratic Left, Winter 2005, page 7:
Stanley Gacek is a labor attorney and AFL-CIO International Affairs Assistant Director, responsible forthe Federation’s relations with Latin America and the Caribbean. He has spoken and written extensivelyon Brazilian labor and politics and has been a friend and adviser to Lula and the PT for twenty-four years.
Now current president former communist terrorist Dilma Rousseff shows her true red colors.
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The encirclement of the United States from without and its subversion from within continues.
Full article: Brazil’s President Shows Communist Colors (Trevor Loudon)
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