President of Brazil from 2003 to 2011 and since 2023
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A metalworker who couldn't read until he was ten, jailed for corruption charges later nullified by the Supreme Court, and now back in the presidential palace for a third non-consecutive term — at 77, the only president in Brazilian history to defeat a sitting incumbent.
Born in Pernambuco in 1945, Lula quit school after second grade, learned to read at ten, and worked as a teenage metalworker before becoming a union leader who led strikes against Brazil's military dictatorship between 1978 and 1980. He helped found the Workers' Party during redemocratization and lost three presidential races — 1989, 1994, 1998 — before finally winning in 2002. His first two terms brought social programs like Bolsa Família, GDP growth, and an 80% approval rating, though the Mensalão vote-buying scandal marked the era. In 2017 he was convicted of money laundering and corruption…
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This is a crisis that was caused by people, white with blue eyes. And before the crisis they looked as if they knew everything about economics.
If the US is the country that most contributes with greenhouse gases, in the world, it should assume more responsibility to reduce emissions.
A long time ago I learned not to put the blame for backwardness in Brazil on the US. We have to blame ourselves.
From an ethical point of view the price difference is grotesque and from a political point of view, it represents a lack of respect, as though a sick Brazilian is inferior.
The foundation is in place, and now we have to get to work.
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