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Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff (2nd R) is seen during lunch at the presidential palace with the former Presidents, Senator Fernando Collor de Mello (L-R), Senator Jose Sarney, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and Fernando Henrique Cardoso in Brasilia May 16,... View Photo »
Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff (R) and former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva attends the installation of the Commission of Truth in the Palacio do Planalto in Brasilia May 16, 2012. The Truth Commission will investigate human rights violations... View Photo »
Brazil's President Dilma Roussef, front, speaks during the installation of Truth Commission at Planalto presidential palace in Brasilia, Brazil, Wednesday, May 16, 2012. Behind are former presidents Jose Sarney, left, and Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. ... View Photo »
Brazil's President Dilma Roussef, right, talks with former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva during the installation of the Truth Commission at Planalto presidential palace in Brasilia, Brazil, Wednesday, May 16, 2012. Rousseff has sworn in the seven... View Photo »
Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff wipes away a tear, as Rio Governor Sergio Cabral (R) looks on, during a presentation of an honorary doctorate to former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (C) by two Rio de Janeiro state universities, the UFRJ and UERJ,... View Photo »
Brazil's former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (R) stands next to President Dilma Rousseff after he received an honorary doctorate degree from two Rio de Janeiro state universities, the UFRJ and UERJ, in Rio de Janeiro May 4, 2012. View Photo »
Brazilian former President Luis Inacio Lula da Silva (R) is congratulated by Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff after he was awarded with the title Doctor Honoris Causa from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro State (UNIRIO) on May 04, 2012 in Rio de... View Photo »
Brazilian former President Luis Inacio Lula da Silva reads a document before be awarded with the title Doctor Honoris Causa from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro State (UNIRIO) on May 04, 2012 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. View Photo »
Brazilian former President Luis Inacio Lula da Silva holds a ceremonial hat after he was awarded with the title Doctor Honoris Causa from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro State (UNIRIO) on May 04, 2012 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. View Photo »
Brazilian former President Luis Inacio Lula da Silva (C) fits his hat next to Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff (L) as he receives the title Doctor Honoris Causa from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro State (UNIRIO) on May 04, 2012 in Rio de Janeiro,... View Photo »
Brazilian former President Luis Inacio Lula da Silva gives the thumb up after he was honored by the title Doctor Honoris Causa from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro State (UNIRIO) on May 04, 2012 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. View Photo »
Brazilian former President Luis Inacio Lula da Silva (C) is congratulated by Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff as he receives the title Doctor Honoris Causa from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro State (UNIRIO) on May 04, 2012 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil... View Photo »
Brazilian former President Luis Inacio Lula da Silva shows his title Doctor Honoris Causa awarded by the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro State (UNIRIO) on May 04, 2012 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. View Photo »
Brazil's former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, center, in academic dress, is congratulated after he received five honorary degrees from several universities at a ceremony in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Friday, May 4, 2012. View Photo »
Brazil's former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva puts on his hat at the end of a ceremony where he received five honorary degrees from several universities in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Friday, May 4, 2012. View Photo »
Brazil's former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva speaks after receiving five honorary degrees from several universities, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Friday, May 4, 2012. View Photo »
Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff, left, smiles up at Brazil's former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva standing in academic dress, during an event where he received five honorary degrees from several universities, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Friday, May... View Photo »
Brazil's former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, right, shakes hands with Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff during an receive event where he received five honorary degrees from several universities, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Friday, May 4, 2012. View Photo »
Former Brazilian President Luis Inacio Lula da Silva gestures during the inauguration of an education center in Sao Bernardo do Campo, Sao Paulo, Brazil, on April 14, 2012. This is his first appearance in public since his Larynx cancer treatment. View Photo »
Former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and his wife Marisa gesture during the inauguration of an education center in Sao Bernardo do Campo, Sao Paulo, Brazil, on April 14, 2012. This is his first appearance in public since his Larynx... View Photo »
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
Brazilian former President Luis Inacio Lula da Silva reads a document before be awarded with the title Doctor Honoris Causa from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro State (UNIRIO) on May 04, 2012 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
View Photo »Brazilian former President Luis Inacio Lula da Silva holds a ceremonial hat after he was awarded with the title Doctor Honoris Causa from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro State (UNIRIO) on May 04, 2012 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
View Photo »Brazilian former President Luis Inacio Lula da Silva (C) fits his hat next to Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff (L) as he receives the title Doctor Honoris Causa from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro State (UNIRIO) on May 04, 2012 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
View Photo »Brazilian former President Luis Inacio Lula da Silva gives the thumb up after he was honored by the title Doctor Honoris Causa from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro State (UNIRIO) on May 04, 2012 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
View Photo »Brazilian former President Luis Inacio Lula da Silva (C) is congratulated by Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff as he receives the title Doctor Honoris Causa from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro State (UNIRIO) on May 04, 2012 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
View Photo »Brazilian former President Luis Inacio Lula da Silva shows his title Doctor Honoris Causa awarded by the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro State (UNIRIO) on May 04, 2012 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
View Photo »Former Brazilian President Luis Inacio Lula da Silva gestures during the inauguration of an education center in Sao Bernardo do Campo, Sao Paulo, Brazil, on April 14, 2012. This is his first appearance in public since his Larynx cancer treatment.
View Photo »Former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and his wife Marisa gesture during the inauguration of an education center in Sao Bernardo do Campo, Sao Paulo, Brazil, on April 14, 2012. This is his first appearance in public since his Larynx cancer treatment.
View Photo »Former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (R) is applauded by the President of the Brazilian Development Bank (BNDES) Luciano Coutinho as he arrives to take part in a Brazil-Africa seminary in Rio de Janeiro on May 03, 2012.
View Photo »Former Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (L) is helped to walk by the President of the Brazilian Development Bank (BNDES) Luciano Coutinho during a Brazil-Africa seminary in Rio de Janeiro on May 03, 2012.
View Photo »Brazilian former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (L) gives his speech next to Brazian Minister of Industry Fernando Pimentel during a Brazil-Africa seminary at the Brazilian Development Bank (BNDES) in Rio de Janeiro on May 03, 2012.
View Photo »Brazilian former President (2003-2010) Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (L) waves as he wears 3D glasses next to Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff as they attend the premiere of the documentary “The First Time”, directed by photographer Ricardo Stuckert on Lula Da Silva's government, in Brasilia,...
View Photo »Brazil's former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva speaks while he records a video at the Institute Lula in Sao Paulo March 28, 2012. Lula da Silva received on Wednesday the results of tests performed at the Sirio Libanes Hospital, which showed the complete reduction of his throat cancer.
View Photo »Former Brazilian Presidents Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (R) and Fernando Henrique Cardoso pose for a picture as they shake hands at the Sirio-Libanes hospital in Sao Paulo March 27, 2012. Lula da Silva is undergoing treatment for cancer.
View Photo »Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff (2nd R) is seen during lunch at the presidential palace with the former Presidents, Senator Fernando Collor de Mello (L-R), Senator Jose Sarney, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and Fernando Henrique Cardoso in Brasilia May 16, 2012.
View Photo »Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff (R) and former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva attends the installation of the Commission of Truth in the Palacio do Planalto in Brasilia May 16, 2012. The Truth Commission will investigate human rights violations during the period of 1946 to 1988 -...
View Photo »Brazil's President Dilma Roussef, front, speaks during the installation of Truth Commission at Planalto presidential palace in Brasilia, Brazil, Wednesday, May 16, 2012. Behind are former presidents Jose Sarney, left, and Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. Rousseff has sworn in the seven...
View Photo »Brazil's President Dilma Roussef, right, talks with former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva during the installation of the Truth Commission at Planalto presidential palace in Brasilia, Brazil, Wednesday, May 16, 2012. Rousseff has sworn in the seven members of a truth commission...
View Photo »Demonstrators hold a banner with portraits of the presidents (L to R) of Cuba, Fidel Castro, of Venezuela Hugo Chavez, of Argentina Nestor Kirchner, of Brazil Luiz Inacio Lula Da Silva and of Uruguay Tabare Vazquez 04 November 2005 during the 'People's Summit' march towards Mar del...
View Photo »The President of the Brazilian Development Bank (BNDES) Luciano Coutinho (R) llokas at former Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva during a Brazil-Africa seminary in Rio de Janeiro on May 03, 2012.
View Photo »In this photo released by Instituto Lula, Brazil's former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, right, kisses Paraguay's President Fernando Lugo at the Sirio-Libanes Hospital in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Friday Jan. 27, 2012. The hospital said in a statement that follow-up exams confirmed that...
View Photo »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.
View Photo »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...
View Photo »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.
View Photo »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.
View Photo »Brazilian former President Luis Inacio Lula da Silva reads a document before be awarded with the title Doctor Honoris Causa from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro State (UNIRIO) on May 04, 2012 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
View Photo »I'm certain that the policy of racial quotas, which the Supreme Court unanimously endorsed, will help make access to higher education more just
Washington had clearly hoped that, under Rousseff, Brazil would move much closer to the US on a wide array of global and regional issues than had been the case under her charismatic predecessor, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
We wrote part of that text. We shared a previous version of (the law) on our mailing list and people would add suggestions; we added text that is now part of a Brazilian law. This is what lobbyists do. So, it's not uncommon, it's just uncommon for people like us
The impulse Lula gave his government to reach out to Africa continues
When you have a bunch of incredible people and they are in control, good things happen
Lula had a lack of political will to pass nearly a dozen laws in Congress aimed at full homosexual citizenship ... To enact such laws, political will and pressure by the executive on the legislature were necessary. Lula, unfortunately, lacked the courage and boldness to press his power base.
Developing countries ... have the right to be heard. Bridging the gap that separates them from the rich countries is not only a matter of justice: The world's economic, social and political stability depends on this. It is our best contribution to peace.
Lula had a lack of political will to pass nearly a dozen laws in Congress aimed at full homosexual citizenship ... To enact such laws, political will and pressure by the executive on the legislature were necessary. Lula, unfortunately, lacked the courage and boldness to press his power base.
The best example I can give of the art of governing is the art of being a mother. Governing is nothing more than acting like a mother taking care of her family, assuring everyone the right to have opportunities. Incidentally the word 'govern' is really wrong... it should be 'to care for.'
Bush had warm and/or productive personal relationships with several Latin American leaders, including Lula da Silva of Brazil, Ricardo Lagos of Chile, Álvaro Uribe of Colombia, Francisco Flores and Antonio Saca of El Salvador, and Alejandro Toledo of Peru.
I am very uninterested in being second in line behind Milan if there’s any kind of natural disaster
Let us instead build something great together, as promised by President Lula during his presidency.
We’ve had the attorney look at every little thing ... Now we’ve got one of the biggest decisions that we’ve ever made as a board in front of us and I haven’t seen the attorney.
We shouldn't let conflicts make us lose time ... Instead, let's work together to build something bigger, as promised by (former) President (Luiz Inacio) Lula (da Silva) during his term.
Everyone knows when you deal with a high-powered company and you have a contract without specificity you open yourself up to their interpretation
