Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva
Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, known simply as Lula, is a Brazilian politician who served as President of Brazil from 1 January 2003 to 1 January 2011. He is a founding member of the Workers' Partyand ran for president three times unsuccessfully, first in the 1989 election, then again in 1994 and 1998. Lula achieved victory in the 2002 election, and was inaugurated as president on 1 January 2003. In the 2006 election he was elected for a second term...
NationalityBrazilian
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth6 October 1945
CountryBrazil
Here in Davos, it is generally assumed that there is now only one god - the market.
You're going to be hearing a lot about one scrappy president.
The growing use of biofuel will be an inestimable contribution to the generation of income, social inclusion and reduction of poverty in many poor countries of the world.
A long time ago I learned not to put the blame for backwardness in Brazil on the US. We have to blame ourselves. Our backwardness is caused by an elite which for a century didn't think about the majority and subordinated itself to foreign interests.
I am the son of an illiterate father and mother
No one can wipe away the injustices of centuries in only eight years.
The production of fuel from basic food commodities is, in fact, unjustifiable.
Fortunately, war in Latin America is usually waged only with words. The tongue is our most dangerous weapon. We talk too much!
I respect the path Cuba chooses to take.
I know how to move between political camps. When everyone in the world hated (Libyan leader Moammar) Gadhafi, I paid him an official visit. It caused an uproar - Lula's visiting the devil!
All countries have problems with China's economic power.
Even strong as they are today, rich countries should have no illusion: nobody is safe in aworld of injustices.War will never bring security.War can only generate monsters: bitterness, intolerance, fundamentalism, and the damaging denial of current hegemonies.The poor must be given reasons to live, not to kill or die.
Without Messi there isn't a team for Argentina, Messi is brilliant, different, with a strong mentality. Let's hope he doesn't change.
I don't need arms, and neither does anyone else... At the very least, a ban would prevent fights from turning deadly.