Former President Lula’s conviction shows that in Brazil it is impossible to govern without playing the corruption game.

Sean W Burges is a senior lecturer in international relations at the Australian National University and visiting scholar at Carleton University. He i... s the author of Brazil in the World: The International Relations of a South American Giant; Brazilian Foreign Policy After the Cold War; and over 30 scholarly articles and book chapters on inter-American affairs and South-South relations.
Former President Lula’s conviction shows that in Brazil it is impossible to govern without playing the corruption game.
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