In 2002 after a long political struggle Lula was elected Brazils first working class President amid huge expectations that he and the Workers Party would bring muchneeded reform. A great deal was achieved including a dramatic reduction in poverty. But just months before the staging of the World Cup in 2014 a series of social protests swept across the country. In 2015 further demonstrations erupted with insistent calls for the impeachmentfor corruptionof Lulas reelected successor President