ULula wathetha kakuhle wathi: 'Ithemba laloyisa uloyiko.' Kuloyiso oluqinisekileyo ngerekhodi leevoti ezizigidi ezingama-83, uLuiz Inacio Lula da Silva we-Workers' Party (PT) - owaziwa kuyo yonke indawo njengoLula - ube nguMongameli onyuliweyo waseBrazil phezolo ngeepesenti ezingama-61 ewonke.
Kwinto enokuba ngumqondiso obalaseleyo, i-27 kaOkthobha ikwangumhla wokuzalwa kukaLula wama-57.
Abantu baseBrazil bagalela ezitalatweni ukuya ethekweni nangaphambi kokuba umdlali kaLula, uJose Serra, anikezele. ERio de Janeiro, amawaka-waka aqala umngcelele osuka encotsheni yentaba yodumo yaseCorcovado aze achwechwe ezantsi kwiifavelas nakwiindawo ezihlala kumbindi wedolophu, apho itheko laqhubeka kude kube sebusuku.
'ULula uthe wonyulwa njengomongameli weriphabliki egameni lesizukulwana sethu, wonke umntu owalwela idemokhrasi eBrazil kwaye uphuphe ngalo mzuzu,' utshilo uMongameli weqela labasebenzi uJose Dirceu.
URici Lake, intatheli ye-rabble.ca engummi ethumela evela eBrazil uthi: 'Ibiyitheko elimnandi. UMarco Zero - iplaza embindini weRecife - yayigcwele ngokupheleleyo. Uqikelelo lwelokuba bekukho abantu abangama-200,000 apho, nto leyo ngokuqinisekileyo ebonakala isengqiqweni. Iofisi yonyulo ibeke umboniso omkhulu obonisa iziphumo xa zingena.'
ESan Paulo, esona sixeko sikhulu saseBrazil, abantu babedanisa ngokoqobo ubusuku bonke ezitratweni.
Ulonyulo lobusoshiyali bedemokhrasi njengomongameli waseBrazil, idemokhrasi yesihlanu ngobukhulu kwihlabathi, nalo luya kuba neziphumo ezimangalisayo kulo lonke elaseLatin America nakwihlabathi liphela. ULula uyayichasa kakhulu i-Free Trade of the Americas (FTAA). I-PT, kunye nemibutho yentlalontle ehleliweyo, ibambe i-plebiscite yabantu kwinyanga ephelileyo apho abantu abazizigidi ezili-10 bavote ngeepesenti ezingama-85 ngokuchasene ne-FTAA. Akukho mbuzo ukuba iBrazil ayiyi kuphikisa kuphela kodwa iququzelele inkcaso kwi-free trade deal eMelika.
Umongameli uHugo Chavez waseVenezuela wathetha ngoLula ezimanye naye 'kwi-axis of good' yaseLatin America, itshilo iNew York Times. I-Workers' Party iye yavula indlela entsha yedemokhrasi yabantu enika umzekelo kwabasekhohlo kwihlabathi jikelele. Xa wayethetha eToronto kwiminyaka embalwa edluleyo, uLula wabuza, 'Ngaba siye sazuza idemokhrasi, suke saba nelungelo lokukhalaza ngokulamba kwethu?'
'Ndifuna uloyiso lwam lubonise ukuba akukho mntu ungaphantsi komnye umntu,' utshilo uLula kwintetho yakhe ngoLwesithathu. 'Umntu osebenza ngentambo unokuba nobuchule ngakumbi kwipolitiki kunezazinzulu ezininzi zezopolitiko.'
I-World Social Forum eququzelelwe kwi-PT ekhokelwa yi-Porto Allegre sele ibonelele ngeziko leentshukumo zobulungisa bezentlalo emhlabeni jikelele. Ukuphumelela kukaLula kuya kuba yinaliti enkulu yamandla ekwakheni intshukumo yehlabathi yobulungisa boluntu. Mhlawumbi kubaluleke kakhulu umfuziselo woloyiso lukaLula. Njengomongameli wokuqala wabasebenzi, unyulo lukaLula lunika amandla amakhulu kubantu abahluphekayo, abangenamhlaba kunye nabantu baseBrazil abahlelelekileyo. I-PT inamakhonkco asondeleyo kwimibutho emikhulu yoluntu ethembise ngokuhlanganisana ukuqinisekisa ukuba olu loyiso lolonyulo sisiqalo nje senguqu ebanzi ngokubhekiselele kubulungisa boluntu.
Ukujongana nokungalingani okukhulu kwezoqoqosho eBrazil kuya kuba ngumngeni omkhulu kuLula. I-neo-liberalism ibethe nzima kuqoqosho lwaseBrazil. Umsantsa ophakathi kwezityebi namahlwempu ngowona mkhulu ehlabathini. Intswela-ngqesho ikumanqanaba aphezulu ukusukela ekuqaleni kuka-2000, kwaye kukho i-260-bhiliyoni yetyala. Kukwakho nobunzima bokuguqula uqoqosho phantsi kwesisongelo esiphindwe kathathu sokubhabha kotyalo-mali, izohlwayo zeNgxowa-mali yeHlabathi yeMali (i-IMF) kunye nokungenelela okunokwenzeka kwe-US.
Ngaphezu koko, iQela laBasebenzi likaLula likude nokulawula iNkongolo. Inkqubo yaseBrazil imiliselwe kwinkqubo yaseMelika ukuze amandla kaMongameli athintelwe yiCongress. Kunyulo lombuso, i-PT ayizange yenze kakuhle, iphumelele irhuluneli kumazwe amathathu kuphela kwi-27, amabini kulawa kwinqanaba lokuqala.
I-Rici Lake ibika ukuba, 'Nangona ngokuqinisekileyo kwakungubusuku bokubhiyozela, kwakunjalo ukunqoba kukaLula ngaphezu kwe-PT, eyayiphoxekile ukuba ingekho iziphumo eziphazamisayo kwi-second-round state governorships'
Kwakukho iintlanga ezininzi ezisondelelene kakhulu. 'E-Rio Grande do Sul, ikhaya lemveli le-PT, umviwa we-PT uTarso Genro wabethwa ngumviwa we-PMDB nge-52.7% ukuya kwi-47.3%. UGenro ebelandela kulo lonke uvoto, kwaye iziphumo zaba ngcono kunokuba bekuxelwe kwangaphambili ngabavoti. Noko ke, kucacile ukuba kusekuphoxeka.'
Urhulumente wase-US kunye neemarike zibonakala zithatha indlela yokulinda-ukubona. Umongameli waseMelika uBush wenze ingxelo ye-pro forma evuyisana noLula ngempumelelo yakhe ngesithethi izolo. Imali yaseBrazil, ehlaselwe ziimarike zamazwe ngamazwe ukususela ekuphumeleleni kokuqala kukaLula ngo-Oktobha 6, yenza i-rally encinci kwiintsuku ezimbalwa ezidlulileyo.
Kwintetho yakhe yokuqala esesikweni kumabonakude phezolo, uLula uthe 'uzakwenza konke okusemandleni am ukuzisa uxolo kwilizwekazi lethu' kwaye 'akhe ilizwe elinobulungisa obuninzi, ubuzalwana kunye nomanyano.' Viva o Presidente Lula!
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