Dirceu

In 2005, after a corruption scandal felled Jose Dirceu, she became Lula's chief of staff.

Riding coattails of popular Brazilian president, former radical expected to win Juan Forero 2010

In 2005, after a corruption scandal felled Jose Dirceu, she became Lula's chief of staff.

Riding coattails of popular Brazilian president, former radical expected to win Juan Forero 2010

Dirceu had just finished walking up a long palace ramp to become Lula's chief of staff, a job widely considered to be the second most powerful position in the entire government.

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"Upon climbing this ramp, I am rising with my generation," said Dirceu in January 2003.

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But the rise of Dirceu and his once insurrectionary peers has been relatively free of the vitriol and name-calling that has stamped the Kirchner era in Argentina.

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Thirty-three years later Dirceu, a hefty, bespectacled man, stood on a dais inside the Planalto presidential palace in Brasilia as Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva took the oath of office to become Brazil's first left-wing president.

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However I would like to point out that Dirceu is/was close to Castro and had very unfortunate words to support Chavez, and more than once.

Dirceu is out, Chavez loses strong ally 2005

It is unfair to compare Dirceu to Rangel, Dirceu at least had the dignity to resign.

06/12/2005 - 06/19/2005 2005

I was going to write that Rangel is the Dirceu of Chavez.

06/12/2005 - 06/19/2005 2005

Let's root for Brazilian investigators and may Dirceu land in jail.

06/12/2005 - 06/19/2005 2005