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AFP - Brazil's former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, who is recovering from cancer radiation therapy, on Saturday thanked a Sao Paulo samba school for its planned tribute to his life but said he could not be with them. "Gavioes da Fiel," the samba
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Sixtysix-year-old Lula, hospitalized in Sao Paulo last week with signs of dehydration, will continue his recovery at home "where he will receive phono-audiological care and physiotherapy", the medical team treating the former head of state said in a stat
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Handout picture released by the Instituto de Cidadania showing Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff (R) giving a Christmas present made by scavenger's recycled items to Brazilian former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, in Sao Paulo, on December 22,... View Photo »
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Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, Dilma Rousseff and Finance minister Guido Mantega are the unequivocal confirmation that when it comes to human development, the sixth most powerful economy on the planet still has one of its tentacles firmly mired in the vicinity of the stone age.
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Sao Paulo, Feb 18 (IANS/EFE) Former Brazilian president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva was discharged Friday from the hospital after undergoing combined radiation and chemotherapy treatment for throat cancer. Sixtysix-year-old Lula, hospitalized in Sao Paulo
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President Hugo Chavez on Thursday called the opposition's presidential candidate a "low-life pig", signalling a caustic start to Venezuela's election campaign. The socialist leader vowed to crush Henrique Capriles in October's vote, branding him an agent
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A Brazilian samba school will pay tribute to hugely popular former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva with a Carnival parade Saturday extolling his life of struggle and overcoming the odds. Lula, 66, who is currently undergoing radiation therapy for lar
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A worker gives the final touches to masks of President Dilma Rousseff and former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva at Condal carnival masks factory in Sao Goncalo, 35 km from dowtown Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on February 3, 2012. View Photo »
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Protesters demonstrate washing the entrance of the Brazilian Supreme Court during the March Against the Corruption of Brazilian Politics in Brasilia on September 7, 2011. (AFP/AFP/Getty Images) SÃO PAULO, Brazil — The majority of Brazil's Supreme Court m
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Until recently, Europeans enjoyed a pretty comfortable position in most international organizations. At the IMF, they had an unquestioned hold on the directorship and could lecture other countries on how to govern themselves and run their economies, whil
About Luiz Inacio Lula Da Silva
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Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (pronounced [luˈiz iˈnäsjʊ ˈlulɐ dä ˈsiʊ̯vɐ]; born October 27, 1945), known simply as LulaNickname[›], is the thirty-fifth and current President of Brazil and a founding member of the Workers' Party. He was elected on October 27, 2002, and took office on January 1, 2003. On October 29, 2006, he was re-elected, extending... Full Article
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In this photo released by Instituto Lula, Brazil's former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, right, talks to Paraguay's President Fernando Lugo at a hospital in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Friday, Jan. 27, 2012. Lula and Lugo are receiving treatment against cancer.
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In this photo released by Instituto Lula, Brazil's former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, center, Paraguay's President Fernando Lugo, left, and Sao Paulo's Governor Geraldo Alckmin meet at a hospital in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Friday, Jan. 27, 2012. Lula and Lugo are receiving treatment...
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In this photo released by Instituto Lula, Brazil's former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, left, and Brazilian actor Reynaldo Gianecchini give a thumbs up as they pose for a portrait at the hospital where both are being treated for cancer in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Wednesday Jan. 25, 2012.
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Brazil's former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (R) and current President Dilma Rousseff attend the inauguration of the new Minister of Education Aloizio Mercadante and Minister of Science and Technology Marco Antonio Raupp at the Planalto Palace in Brasilia January 24, 2012.
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Brazil's former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva attends the inauguration of the new Minister of Science and Technology at Planalto Palace in Brasilia, Brazil, Tuesday Jan. 24, 2012. Lula is currently receiving radiation treatment for throat cancer, which was detected in Oct. 2011.
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Brazil's former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva attends the inauguration of the new Minister of Science and Technology at Planalto Palace in Brasilia, Brazil, Tuesday Jan. 24, 2012. Lula, who lost his pinky finger in a work related accident, is currently receiving radiation...
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A worker gives the final touches to masks of President Dilma Rousseff and former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva at Condal carnival masks factory in Sao Goncalo, 35 km from dowtown Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on February 3, 2012.
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Paraguay's President Fernando Lugo (seated) is visited by Brazil's former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva as he undergoes medical examinations in a hospital in Sao Paulo, January 27, 2012. Both Lugo and Lula are undergoing treatment for cancer.
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In this Friday Nov. 18, 2011 image released by Instituto Lula, Brazil's former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, left, and wife Marisa Leticia, pose for a picture holding a Brazilian soccer national jersey, given by Brazilian soccer coach Mano Menezes, center, in Sao Bernardo do...
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Former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva poses for a photograph with his wife Marisa after she shaved his hair and beard, in anticipation of hair fall caused by chemotherapy that is used in the treatment against cancer of the larynx, in Sao Bernardo do Campo November 16, 2011.
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In this photo released by Instituto Lula, Brazil's former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, right, smiles after his wife Marisa Leticia, left, shaved his hair and beard, as an anticipation of hair loss from the chemotherapy he is receiving to treat a tumor in his larynx in Sao Paulo,...
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Former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva embraces his wife Marisa before leaving of the Sirio Libanes Hospital in Sao Paulo in this November 1, 2011 handout photo. Brazil's popular former President Lula da Silva started chemotherapy treatment for throat cancer on Monday,...
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Former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (C) and his wife Marisa (2nd R) talk to doctors at Sirio Libanes Hospital, where he will be treated for throat cancer in Sao Paulo, October 31, 2011. Brazil's popular former president Lula da Silva was diagnosed with throat cancer on...
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Brazilian former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (L) arrives at the Sirio-Lebanese hospital in Sao Paulo, Brazil, to begin chemotherapy treatment for his larynx cancer on October 31, 2011 just days after his condition was diagnosed. Accompanied by his wife Marisa Leticia, the...
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Former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva arrives at Sirio Libanes Hospital to be treated for throat cancer in Sao Paulo October 31, 2011. Brazil's popular former president Lula da Silva was diagnosed with throat cancer on Saturday casting doubt on his political future in...
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Former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva carries his grandson Pedro in his apartment in Sao Bernardo do Campo October 30, 2011. Brazil's popular former president Lula da Silva was diagnosed with throat cancer on Saturday casting doubt on his political future in Latin...
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Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is seen during ceremony that creates the law of the sharing arrangements of the pre-salt and Social Fund of the pre-salt, at the Planalto Palace in Brasilia in this December 22, 2010 file photo. Brazil's popular former president Luiz Inacio...
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Brazil's former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva enters a car as he leaves the Sirio Libanes Hospital after being diagnosed with a tumor in the larynx in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Saturday Oct. 29, 2011. The tumor was detected Saturday during an examination at Sao Paulo's Sirio Libanes...
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Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva gestures during a news conference with international media in Rio de Janeiro in this December 3, 2010 file photo. Former Brazilian president Lula da Silva's tumor is malignant, Sao Paulo's Sirio Libanes Hospital said on October 29, 2011. ...
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Former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva gestures as he speaks during a media conference with Peru's newly elected President Ollanta Humala in Sao Paulo in this June 10, 2011 file photo. Former Brazilian president Lula da Silva's tumor is malignant, Sao Paulo's Sirio Libanes...
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Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva attends a news conference in Rio de Janeiro in this December 3, 2010 file photo. Lula was diagnosed on October 29, 2011 with a tumor in the larynx and will undergo chemotherapy in the coming days.
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Brazil's former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva gestures during the celebration of the 31st anniversary of the Workers Party (PT) in Brasilia in this February 10, 2011 file photo. Lula was diagnosed on October 29, 2011 with a tumor in the larynx and will undergo chemotherapy in the...
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Brazil's former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (C) smiles as he arrives for a private meeting with Enrique Pena Nieto (not in picture), former Mexico state governor and a potential presidential candidate for the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), at a hotel in Mexico City...
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In this photo released by Instituto Lula, Brazil's former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, right, talks to Paraguay's President Fernando Lugo at a hospital in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Friday, Jan. 27, 2012. Lula and Lugo are receiving treatment against cancer.
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