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Interview with Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, outgoing president of Brazil.

By mickhall on | From organizedrage.com
Below is part of an interview with President Luis Inacio Lula da Silva of Brazil which first appeared in the Economist. The full interview with one of the world's most successful progressive  politician is worth reading, as Lula displays the pragmatism which has transformed Brazil and taken millions of its most economically disadvantaged citizens out of abject poverty.  Question:  So is the lesson of the 2008 world economic crisis that the state is back to stay, in the mould of the national...Read Full Story

LET’S CRASH THIS DEMOCRACY – PAT UTOMI

By Mayor Iroko on | From nigerianbestforum.com
Let’s crash this democracy–Pat Utomi •Nigeria is dying From Mariam Aleshinloye-Agboola, Jos Sunday, March 13, 2011 For years, Professor Pat Utomi has advocated for a change in a system he was convinced was decaying. Today, he is exasperated at a nation and its leaders unperturbed by the US prediction that Nigeria may cease to be one in a few years. The former Director of Lagos Business School and Presidential candidate of Social Democratic Mega Party (SDMP), in this interview with...Read Full Story

(Time) Is Brazil Ready to Face the Skeletons of Its Junta Years?

By avilacmg on | From avilacmg.wordpress.com
By Andrew Downie / São Paulo Tuesday, Feb. 08, 2011 Brazil’s President Dilma Rousseff speaks in Buenos Aires on Jan. 31, 2011 Marcos Brindicci / Reuters Since Brazil’s right-wing military dictatorship ended in 1985, the country has enjoyed a string of democratically elected and increasingly progressive administrations. But while neighbors like Chile and Argentina have long since brought to justice many of the worst leaders and henchmen of their own brutal regimes...Read Full Story

Lula says his Iran trip is a journey for peace

By Europa Newswire on | From europanewsblog.com
Europa Newswire Photo: Luiz Rampelotto Daniel Lima Reporter Agencia Brasil São Paulo – President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, in a speech at a dinner sponsored by the Arab community of São Paulo, declared that he will visit Iran in May with the objective of ensuring that the crisis caused by the Iranian nuclear program does not degenerate into an armed conflict involving Western countries. “You know that I have been getting a lot of criticism because the president of Iran, Ahmadinejad...Read Full Story

(Latin Dispatch.com) Wikileaks Cables Portray A Different Side Of Brazil’s Lula da Silva

By avilacmg on | From avilacmg.wordpress.com
Posted by Nikolas Kozloff on Dec 15th, 2010 and filed under Brazil , Dispatches , United States . Former Brazilian president Luiz Inácio “Lula” da Silva. While many on the international left may extol the rise of Luiz Inácio “Lula” da Silva and his Workers’ Party (PT, in Portuguese), which formed part of the so-called “Pink Tide” in South America, Wikileaks documents paint a much more ambiguous picture of Brazil’s emergence on the world stage.  The leaked U.S. cables, which...Read Full Story
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Lula is currently undergoing radiation therapy for larynx cancer
Brazilian former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva talks with President Dilma Rousseff, during a cerimony at Planalto Palace, Brasilia, Brazil, in January 2012. A Brazilian samba school will pay tribute to hugely popular former president with a Carnival ...  
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Sao Paulo Carnival to honor former president Lula
AFP - 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 ...  
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Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva Hospitalized In Brazil
SAO PAULO -- Brazil's popular former president has been hospitalized.Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is complaining of fatigue and loss of appetite as he undergoes radiation therapy for throat cancer diagnosed late last year.Read More... More on Brazil  
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Brazil's Lula declared cancer-free after exam
Brazil's former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva attends 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.[Photo/Agencies ...  
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Brazil's Lula treated for fatigue from chemotherapy
SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazil's popular former president, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, was hospitalized on Saturday for exhaustion resulting from chemotherapy, complicating his swift recovery from throat cancer and casting doubts on when he might return to ...  
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Unions Lula Loved Test Brazil Austerity Plan With Strike Threat
Civil servants won eight years of wage increases above inflation under former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. They now believe Rousseff has become a “hostage” of the global financial crisis during her first year in office, denying ...  
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Written by Facinelli. Directed by Michael Corrente. (1:28) PG-13. "Lula, Son of Brazil" - This biopic explores the early life of Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, the 35th president of Brazil. With Rui Ricardo Dia, Gloria Pires and Cleo Pires.  
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Lula Da Silva diagnosed with throat cancer
Former Brazilian Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva was hospitalised at the Syrian-Lebanese hospital in Sao Paolo, where he was diagnosed with a tumor in the larynx, a hospital spokesperson said. He will receive outpatient chemotherapy treatment, said the hospital ...  
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Lula Attends New Brazilian Ministers´ Inauguration
24 de enero de 2012, 17:19Brasilia, Jan 24 (Prensa Latina) Former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (2003-2010) attended the farewell ceremony of Education Minister Fernando Haddad, and the inauguration of the new head of that ministry, as well ...  
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Lula: Son of Brazil
Last October, President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva of Brazil announced that he had throat cancer and resigned from office, ending a wildly popular career that brought his country out of dictatorship and into prosperous democracy. Lula, as he's called by ...  
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