1. Declining Popularity
Just over two months into President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva's administration, analysts have noted signs pointing to a rapid decline of its image and popularity.

2. Gag Order on Employees
Meanwhile the Workers Party (PT) government takes increasingly authoritatian measures such as a gag order on presidential palace employees forbidding them to talk about government plans or actions.

3. Lula Shelters FARC
Controversy continues over the Lula government’s refusal to declare the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) a terrorist organization even as the press disclosed the presence of FARC operatives on Brazilian territory.

The government's foreign policy orientation and its ideological afinity with FARC causes fresh concerns over possible destabilization of the region.

4. Liberation Theology Butresses Lula Administration
Meanwhile, the Lula da Silva administration knits ever closer ties with the so-called Catholic left, inspired by Liberation Theology.

That concludes this issue of LulaWatch. Until next time,
Sincerely yours,

C. Preston Noell III

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Lula Fooling the World
Lula's party covered up its
historic radicalism during the
elections, but now in power is
gradually re-nationalizing formerly
privatized assets.

Brazil says NO to Gun Control
- October 27, 2005
The international left was monitoring with great expectations the results of Brazil’s weekend referendum on a nationwide ban on the sale of guns and ammunition. A Yes vote would have been celebrated as a victory for gun control not only in Brazil but worldwide.