Lula elected President of Brazil
2002 · Event
Former union leader Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva wins Brazil's presidency, emblem of Latin America's leftward 'pink tide'.
On these timelines: Latin America, Master
More from Latin America
- Spanish Conquest of the Americas (1519)
- Bolivar's liberation of South America (1819)
- Latin American wars of independence (1808)
- Fall of Tenochtitlan (1521)
- Columbian Exchange (1492)
- Haitian Revolution begins (1791)
- Toussaint Louverture issues Haitian constitution (1801)
- Spanish conquest of the Incas (1532)
Around 2002
- September 11 attacks (2001)
- Pop music: the 2000s (2000)
- Pop music: the 2010s (2010)
- Crazy (Gnarls Barkley) (2006)
- I Will Always Love You (Whitney Houston) (1992)
- Global financial crisis (2007)
- iPhone launched (2007)
- Love Is All Around (Wet Wet Wet) (1994)
- Someone like You (Adele) (2011)
- Wannabe (Spice Girls) (1996)