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
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.
My greatest desire is that the hope that has overcome fear in my country will help vanquish it around the world.
Every time he plays, Leo Messi reminds me more of Maradona, both left-footed and short, Messi is the best player in the world, along with Kaká and Cristiano Ronaldo. For us it is not a surprise. Since he began to come and train with us and we knew we would go down this path. Someday I will explain that I was at the birth of one of the footballing greats: Leo Messi.
Where there is hunger there is no hope. There is only desolation and pain. Hunger nurtures violence and fanaticism. A world where people starve will never be safe
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.
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.