Secret Alliances and Corruption Scandals: How the Socialist Workers’ Party Maintained Power in Brazil

Brazil's former president, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva talks with then-Brazil President Dilma Rousseff as he is sworn in as the new chief of staff in the Planalto Palace on March 17, 2016, in Brasilia, Brazil. Igo Estrela/Getty Images

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This article is the first in a multi-part series about the rise of socialism in Brazil and South America.