{"title":"Merval Pereira","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"mensalao-o-dia-a-dia-do-mais-importante-julgamento-da-historia-politica-do-brasil","title":"Mensalão: The day-to-day of the most important trial in Brazil's political history","description":"A collection of articles Merval Pereira published about the mensalão trial in O Globo, published between August 2 and December 18, 2012, the book is consistent, informative, and offers the clearest understanding of the episode. Merval dissects the trial that mobilized the country in recent months, painting a picture from which prominent figures, both heroes and villains, emerge, all in the name of transparency and the benefit of the facts.","brand":"Totvsrj-record-dc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47159767597308,"sku":"9788501402356","price":54.9,"currency_code":"BRL","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0722\/9197\/5420\/files\/ca6ba51d18b3ab56cc4791ee0f5c4041.jpg?v=1778313565"},{"product_id":"o-lulismo-no-poder","title":"Lulism in power","description":"One of Brazil's most renowned and influential journalists, Merval Pereira has won important awards for his career in the press, including Esso, Abril, and the Maria Moors Cabot, from Columbia University, the latter for his outstanding coverage of Latin America and the Caribbean. In his column in O Globo, he presents a tireless, consistent, and daily analysis of the country's domestic and foreign policy. In this book, *LULISMO IN POWER*, Merval brings together an illuminating selection of articles published in the newspaper in recent years, which outline the Lula administration from his first successful presidential campaign in 2002 to the first months of this year. On the eve of Brazil's 2010 general elections, Merval's comprehensive analysis deepens the debate on the role of the Workers' Party, President Lula da Silva, and \"Lulismo\" in the contemporary Brazilian political landscape. The political chronicles paint a critical and multifaceted portrait of the president who represented the country for two terms, achieving unprecedented popularity. For historian Francisco Carlos Teixeira da Silva, who wrote the book's introduction, \"Merval clearly highlights the fragility of political parties, the anemia of public opinion, and the over-performance of charismatic leaders in the country.\" This form of leadership, for Merval, is the defining characteristic of Lulism, a political force based on welfare programs, the rising middle class, and the charisma of Lula, who, during his second term, gradually distanced himself from the party he founded and took on the role of a populist leader—one of the greatest Brazil has ever had. Throughout the articles, Merval describes how Lula positioned himself in the international political landscape, positioning himself as a kind of mediator between other, more authoritarian leftist leaders emerging in Latin America and the \"blue-eyed blonds\" of the First World; between the wealthier classes and the dispossessed. It highlights the political mistakes that damaged the international prestige of President Lula—considered one of the most influential figures of the decade and the world's most prominent leader by foreign media outlets such as Le Monde (France), El País (Spain), and the Financial Times (USA)—and led to his severe criticism earlier this year. Divided by theme, the book addresses issues such as the Bolsa Família program and foreign policy, and addresses the historical relationship between the Workers' Party (PT) and the PSDB (Brazilian Social Democratic Party), parties that polarized national politics over the past 20 years, and their points of friction. His favorite actors are the political parties, the politicians themselves, and public opinion. The main characters of the first half of Lula's administration are portrayed in two chapters: José Dirceu and the mensalão scandal, and Palocci and the caretaker. Named after the classic *The Military in Power*, by master political journalist Carlos Castello Branco, *LULISMO NO PODER* does not claim to be a work of history, but rather a record of history in real time, which, in the author's own words, \"often suffers from a hasty recording of events or predictions that do not come true.\" Therefore, to highlight to the reader the fleeting nature of daily political reporting, Merval chose to include columns in the book that anticipated situations that did not materialize or analyses that were not confirmed. But they corresponded to real situations that, at that moment, were the factual truth in constant flux. And it follows the unfolding of a government that, by all accounts, made history.","brand":"Totvsrj-record-dc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47175454490876,"sku":"9788501088970","price":129.9,"currency_code":"BRL","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0722\/9197\/5420\/files\/ebf0815b36685fd336d2656710a680e9_5123c2d1-7232-4346-a959-3ea59954e452.jpg?v=1778323503"}],"url":"https:\/\/www.record.com.br\/en\/collections\/merval-pereira.oembed","provider":"Editora Record","version":"1.0","type":"link"}