Outsider Wins Post of Speaker in Lower House
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An outside challenger won the coveted post of speaker of Brazil’s lower house of Congress, handing President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and his Workers’ Party their biggest political defeat since he took office in 2003.
Severino Cavalcanti of the small, right-leaning Progressive Party defeated Lula’s choice, Luiz Eduardo Greenhalgh, on promises to promote legislative independence from the executive branch.
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