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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.
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
The wife of Brazil's former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (not pictured), Marisa (R) and former President of Corinthians soccer team Andres Sanchez and former soccer player Neto (L) stand on the Gavioes da Fiel Samba School float during a carnival at Anhembi Sambadrome in Sao Paulo...
View Photo »Gavioes da Fiel samba school drummers perform during the group's tribute parade to the life story of former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, at the Sambadrome in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Sunday Feb. 19, 2012. Lula, who is recovering from cancer radiation therapy, was a metal...
View Photo »Fans of Gavioes da Fiel samba school, which made a tribute to former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, light flares during its parade in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Sunday, Feb. 19, 2012.
View Photo »The Presidents (L-R) Hugo Chavez of Venezuela, Gonzalo Sanchez de Losada of Bolivia, Alvaro Uribe of Colombia, Lucio Gutierrez of Ecuador and Peru's vice President Raul Diez Canseco join their hands for the media during the Andean Summit in Rio Negro, Colombia, 27 June, 2003. The...
View Photo »El presidente de Brasil Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (I) y el mandatario venezolano Hugo Chavez Frias observan los planos de construcción del segundo puente sobre el rio Orinoco, en Puerto Ordaz, 500 km al sureste de Caracas, el 26 de agosto de 2003. Lula da Silva llevó a cabo este martes...
View Photo »Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez (C), rests his hands on the shoulders of Argentina's President Nestor Kirchner (R) and Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (L) as they walk during a meeting at the Granja do Torto official residence, in Brasilia, 19 January 2006.
View Photo »Former Brazilian first lady Marisa Leticia perform during the parade of Gavioes da Fiel samba school in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Sunday, Feb. 19, 2012. Gavioes da Fiel samba school made a tribute to former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.
View Photo »EDS NOTE NUDITY - A dancer performs during the parade of Gavioes da Fiel samba school in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Sunday, Feb. 19, 2012. Gavioes da Fiel samba school made a tribute to former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.
View Photo »Dancers perform on a float during the parade of Gavioes da Fiel samba school in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Sunday, Feb. 19, 2012. Gavioes da Fiel samba school made a tribute to former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.
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 »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.
View Photo »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...
View Photo »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 »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, 2011. Lula da Silva was hospitalized...
View Photo »Former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (L) poses for a photograph with Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff at a hotel in Sao Paulo December 6, 2011. Brazil's popular former president Lula started chemotherapy treatment for throat cancer in October, with his doctors voicing...
View Photo »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...
View Photo »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.
View Photo »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,...
View Photo »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,...
View Photo »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...
View Photo »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...
View Photo »The wife of Brazil's former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (not pictured), Marisa (R) and former President of Corinthians soccer team Andres Sanchez and former soccer player Neto (L) stand on the Gavioes da Fiel Samba School float during a carnival at Anhembi Sambadrome in Sao Paulo...
View Photo »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.
