Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva commonly known as "Lula," has won the first round of Brazil's presidential elections by 48.4%, much tighter than many had expected. As we await the second round of election please enjoy this excerpt of Lula and His Politics of Cunning: From Metalworker to President of Brazil by John D. French, which was the winner of the 2021 Sergio Buarque de Holanda Prize for Best Book in Social Sciences, Brazil Section of the Latin American Studies Association and the 2021 Warren Dean Memorial Prize, Conference on Latin American History. 1 LULA'S APOTHEOSIS...