Lula

"All we could do was thank each other, " Lula said. "He thanked me for the speed with which the Brazilian air force took charge. "

Tehran rejected the proposal from its ally, saying that Lula was "emotional" and did not know all the facts of the case.

But Lula's pledge that Brazil would be generous to smaller neighbours to boost integration has not always been reciprocated.

Lula is right to say that his country deserves respect, just as he deserves much of the adulation he enjoys.

Born Lula Carson Smith on February 19, 1917, in Columbus, Georgia, Carson McCullers did not always want to be a writer.

Like Lula, she was born in poverty, but she fell out with him over what she sees as his government's failure to defend the environment.

But Lula campaigned beside Ms Rousseff, toured the country with her and was at least as visible in her television advertising as she was.

Even so, Lula looks stronger politically than looked possible a year ago, when scandal was mowing down his closest aides and his popularity.

It may also have reminded them of the flaws of some of Lula's allies, and his willingness to shut his eyes to scandal when it suits him.

but many identify in lula one of their own , and do not see him as having benefited personally from graft.

At least some aid, for example to Venezuela, seems to have been inspired by Lula's soft spot for leftist strongmen.

Her strong performance so far has put paid to that idea, and Lula himself has said he will support her re-election in 2014.

Ms Rousseff did not deserve to win by default just because she was Lula's hand-picked successor.

Back in June, when campaigning kicked off, Lula told the nation that without him there would be a void on the ballot papers.

Lula was one of eight children in a poor family from one of the remotest regions of Brazil.

The Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said he'd urged Mr. Zelayer not to give the security forces an excuse for violence.

More recently, as Lula's energy minister and then chief of staff, she has been a competent manager, though with a notoriously short fuse.

But in Lula's first term his advisers seemed to think they could integrate South America, against the United States and from the left.

Lula's reverses are shown: the little finger lost to a lathe, the death of his first wife and child in childbirth.

When he became president in 2003, Lula stuck to the sound fiscal policies he inherited from his predecessor, Fernando Henrique Cardoso.

Asked about fears that Brazil's democracy could be threatened by an extension of these trends, Lula says this is "unthinkable" .

Ms Silva is not very charismatic either, but she is one of the few other people in Brazilian politics with a biography to rival Lula's.

Lula handpicked his chief of staff to replace him and was at her side throughout the campaign.

But Lula triumphed over the odds to become "the poor boy who came from a shack to be president of Brazil" .

Lula's critics indict him as a lucky bumbler who may have kept Brazil out of trouble but has done nothing to improve its prospects.

Brazil's president Mr. Lula recently said, the BRICs catch huge attention due to their vigorous economic growth in the past few years.

Even so, Lula da Silva led his party to adopt measures whose results are now celebrated around the world, and with good reason.

But this has masked some important weaknesses that Lula did not fix, and may even have exacerbated.

So the outcome of the election may determine the speed with which Brazil advances in the post-Lula era.

In a rare misjudgment of the public mood, Lula laughingly lamented his bad luck to be leaving just before the largesse arrived.

His critics argue that, given his popularity, Lula could have done more to fix some of Brazil's deep-rooted problems.

Lula throat cancer diagnosed, and the implementation of chemotherapy in the next few days.

Lula said the Brazilian people will stand by the Chinese people and firmly support all their disaster relief efforts.

Conversely, the electoral chances of Dilma Rousseff, Lula's chosen candidate, might be boosted by speedy approval.

That would require deeper reforms to a sprawling state than Lula has been willing to push so far.

The best advice he could give to other leaders, Lula told The Economist last September, was not to outsource politics.

Lula said then that in a second term his priority would be tax, political, labour and pension reforms.

What Lula wants for Brazil is what we used to call the American Dream.

By the time Lula finally won the presidency, after three failed attempts, he was a familiar figure in Brazilian national life.

After 16 years of stability and policy continuity under Mr Cardoso and Lula, neither candidate offers a radical change of course.

In neither of Lula's governments did he command such support in the Senate. That stopped him from doing much that he wanted.

Under president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, the government did not adequately respond to these challenges.

"Lula, Son of Brazil" is the tale of a poor boy made good, his flaws left on the cutting table and his virtues in close-up.

The first three years of the Lula government have seen an equally dramatic decline.

Meanwhile, farm representatives are calling for a clear policy on the issue from the administration of President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.

Supposedly, it is named for the Portuguese word for squid, not the former president called Lula for his curly hair.

s President Lula da Silva is officially backing Hosni, hoping to get Arab support for a Brazilian seat on the reformed UN Security Council.

Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (Brazilian President): Brazil now is at its best in its history.

Probably rightly, Mr Serra has decided that attacking a president as popular as Lula would not win him many votes.

Four leaders (President Lula was elsewhere) appeared together at a meeting that was billed as a dialogue with the social movements.

Mr. Bush spoke after touring an ethanol distribution facility in Sao Paulo with the president of Brazil, Luis Inacio Lula da Silva.

President Bush and Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva prepare for a joint press conference in Sao Paulo, Brazil.

She lacks Lula's vast political experience, so much attention will focus on how she handles allies in Congress.

The question the candidates have to answer in the next three months is how to sustain Lula's legacy and build on it.

Still, as Lula pointed out, what looks like a winning lottery ticket can all too easily become a curse.

Obama at first saw in Lula, whom he once amiably called "my man, " a useful hemispheric interlocutor. But clashes over the U.

Lula kept the nation's economy stable and growing, and he was instrumental in giving Brazil a greater role in international affairs.

And though Ms Rousseff's margin of victory was smaller than Lula's, she still has a strong mandate.

Yet none of these reforms happened, despite (or perhaps because of) Lula's soaring popularity.

Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said Thursday he would press Mr. Obama to explain the Fed's move.

In Lula's first term in Brazil leaders of his Workers Party resorted to buying votes in Congress.

In his early campaigns for the presidency, Lula had denounced "neoliberalism" .

Lula has taken to daily walks and a diet to control his weight and combat a sedentary lifestyle.

She lacks Lula's faith, rooted in his trade-union background, in his ability to negotiate a deal, whatever the circumstances.

Lula's predecessor, Fernando Henrique Cardoso, sought to boost trade and other ties with the United States and Europe.

Minc said that Lula will veto Congress passed last month in a climate bill in three terms, while retaining the emission reduction targets.

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She looked relaxed and in control, and of course Lula featured heavily.

This looks shortsightedly self-serving: it is a sop from Lula to his party's left-wing, which disagrees with his economic policies.

The reasons were unrelated, but his replacement, Celso Amorim, was associated with the pro-Venezuelan policy as Lula's foreign minister.

Recently, the cause of reform has gained a surprising recruit: the very trade union that Lula himself once led.

To keep both promises, she will have to trim the fat from those parts of the budget that Lula left alone, such as public-sector pensions.

With that popularity comes opportunity, according to Brazilian President Luiz Inacio "Lula" da Silva.

Rather than reforms, opponents say that Lula has given priority to cementing his party's grip on government.

Even the Brazilian president, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, got involved in Ronaldo's weight controversy at the time.

Building on Lula's progress, Dilma Rousseff certainly symbolises a new era for a country whose growth rates make the West envious.

The splintering of Lula's political base ought to be good news for Mr Serra.

The smart money among Brazil watchers was on continuity with Lula's see-no-evil foreign-policy doctrine, not rupture.

President Luiz Ignacio Lula da Silva's government recently participated in talks with Iran on its nuclear program.

Lula had a penchant for embracing dictators, from Cuba's Fidel Castro to Iran's Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

Thanks in part to a series of reforms carried out in Lula's first term, credit has grown steadily.

Mr Lula da Silva also called on rich countries to promise more money to help poorer countries cut their emissions.

Ms Rousseff will have to convince the doubters that she is not simply Lula in lipstick.

The second edition of Lula's government is likely to produce fewer rows between economic reformers and left-wing dissenters.

Brazil's embrace of international capitalism under Lula has laid the foundation for the second transition, which has global significance.

This fiasco provides fuel for both sides in a long-running debate in Brazil about the foreign policy of the Lula government.

Lula da Silva's doctors say they have chosen chemotherapy over surgery to preserve the full functionality of the former president's larynx.

So, surprisingly, is Brazil's small (Maoist) Communist Party, which supports Lula but frets about foreign capitalists in the Amazon.

"Do only rich countries have the right to host the Olympics? " Lula asked this week.

Lula has asked Mr Meirelles to stay until the end of the presidential term in December 2010.

Lula has asked Mr Meirelles to stay until the end of the presidential term in December 2010.

Her choice of foreign minister will be a clue to whether she intends to rein back on Lula's foreign-policy adventurism.

Lula agrees that the expanded role of the state should be temporary.

Did Lula tell you she was pregnant?

But he acknowledged that President Lula might find it difficult to repeat the performance, if similar legislation is re-presented this year.

Dilma Rousseff, Lula's chief of staff, describes the growth acceleration package as "public money direct to the vein. "

Since Lula's administration thinks it clear that there is much more oil to be found, it wants to change the rules governing the industry.

That is a shame. A more nuanced telling would not detract from Lula's remarkable life story and achievement.

Michelle Obama arrived two days earlier alongside other dignitaries including Lula and King Juan Carlos of Spain.

Three months into Lula's second term as president, though, financial leaders admit their early fears were overblown.

Under Lula, Brazil saw faster growth, impressive social progress but little or no reform of burdensome taxes and red tape.

Though he needs to spend much more on infrastructure, Lula has squandered a chunk of record tax revenues on padding the public payroll.

Today, it simply sounds like a statement of fact. That is why the story of Brazil under Lula is much more than a movie-friendly myth.

President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva tossed out condoms to Carnival revelers early Monday during Rio's samba parades.

But she has one thing that nobody else in Brazilian politics has got: Lula's unqualified backing.

Lula chose Ms Rousseff as his successor partly because more obvious alternatives were ruled out by various scandals.

Lula has done much to make Brazil's democracy more genuine.

A senior official who spoke to reporters here called the Lula visit "perhaps the last big shot at engagement" with Tehran.

Lula will be held Monday in the bill signed into later, these emission reduction targets are quantifiable and verifiable.

Lula wants the UN reformed to reflect today's world, with Brazil gaining a permanent seat on the Security Council.

However, Lula exerts pressure on the firm behind closed doors and through the media.

Lula rode to office on a wave of anti-capitalist rhetoric that panicked investors and brought the country to the brink of default in 2002.

A former trade-union leader, Lula has a rapport with ordinary Brazilians that no other politician enjoys.

Under Lula, the price of electricity for industrial users has more than doubled.

Three-quarters of the growth in incomes since 2003, when Lula became president, came from earnings, not handouts.

Imagine you were Lula and had $18 billion at your disposal.

Her team has quickly signalled the need for some budget austerity after Lula's last two spendthrift years.

Lula has gained deserved credit for his anti-poverty policies.

Lula's instinctive response to this dilemma is industrial policy.

This matters because even a highly popular president like Lula found Brazil awkward to govern.

Huge emerging economy, and, in President Lula, a hugely confident leader who is not about to be told what's what by some guy in a suit.

"Dilma is going to surprise the world, " says Lula.

Eight years ago, when Lula first took office, that statement would have sounded like hyperbole.

Mr Obama has asked Lula to "use his influence" to persuade his guest to curb his suspect nuclear work.

President Lula, who presented himself as the scourge of old-style oligarchs, now governs with their help.

If someone finds the gun, Lula thinks, she "could get deported, visa or no visa. "

Ms Fujimori's advisers also cite Mr Lula da Silva's social reforms as a model.

In practice, Ms Rousseff may have to govern in Lula's long shadow.

For Mr Lula's Workers Party, trade with China provided a seductive formula for staying in power.

Even if Congress heeds Lula's plea to act speedily, it cannot approve the bills until December.

Lula and Mr Palocci sensibly steered clear of debt default and stuck to responsible macroeconomic policies.

Apart from the naivety of Lula's foreign policy in South America, there are two graver reasons why Brazil's president has lost his shine.

"We may not reach an agreement because of a deficiency of global leadership, " Mr Lula da Silva said.

Brazilians will vote on Sunday to choose a new president to succeed Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.

Clinton held talks in Brasilia with Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula de Silva.

Lula has said that Mr Sarney deserves more respect, and has blamed the press for whipping up scandal.

But behind the scenes some party members have called for Lula's return.

The biggest is that the party which became a vehicle for Lula's election never really came up with a plan B.

She has been more parsimonious than Lula in disbursing funds for budget amendments pushed by individual legislators.

He was a good health minister in the government of Fernando Henrique Cardoso, and ran for president against Lula in 2002.

Lula, who must step down next year after his second term, may be more than a spectator at the 2016 Olympics.

Lula's personal story has merged with the national narrative.

By common consent, policy towards South America has become more pragmatic in Lula's second term.

The almost certain winner will be Lula's hand-picked successor, Dilma Rousseff.

It is reported that 28 Lula feeling throat pain, hoarseness, then to the Syrian city of Sao Paulo - Lebanese hospital.

Lula "occupies a unique position in the hemisphere" , said Mr Bush.

But, like Mr Mandela, Lula resisted the temptation to cling to power.

Some of the biggest wrote to Lula last year to urge him to make a tough emissions-cutting commitment.

Lula's formal retirement will allow Brazil to reflect on how far the country has come.

But in the past couple of years Lula has taken up some more controversial stances.

But the BNDES, in particular, has become an important agent of industrial policy under Lula.

Brown, President Lula of Brazil, President Sarkozy of France and other heads of state have already said they will go.

However her performance was not as strong as Lula's in 2006 (see interactive map).

Lula's left-leaning Workers' Party (PT), which is even more sceptical, has lost influence.

"Lula" is a very rare exception.

The Statute without the demanded points still has to pass by President Lula.

Lula himself plans to play a larger role in managing the coalition and relations with Congress.

The risk for Mr Lula is that these requirements will take money away from other priorities.

In 2002 opinion polls gave Lula three percentage points more votes than the first-round result; in 2006, the difference was four points.

As Lula did before him, he has swapped his red T-shirt for business suits.

This time Mr Humala's pitch is more moderate, with echoes of Lula.

The man who could help her surmount these hurdles is Lula himself.

The industry says they will make Petrobras even more powerful, and have caused Lula to forget his earlier enthusiasm for biofuels.

The ruling party's Dilma Rousseff, who was Lula's chief of staff, says she is the programme's true guardian.

Lula is entitled to enjoy what is a remarkable triumph.

(We wish Lula a speedy recovery).

Lula intends to reduce the PT's weight in government (it controls 19 of 34 ministries).

On Mr Lula da Silva's first visit to China in 2004 he was accompanied by eight ministers and some 400 business leaders.

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A big reason for this is a huge public sector, which keeps interest rates high and has only grown more voracious under Lula.

Of course, there are elements of myth in the Lula story.

On paper, if Ms Rousseff does decide she is ready for a fight, she will have a better chance of getting her way than Lula did.

Today the country is much better off because of the Lula government.

No, not at all; I just think that the real winner was Lula.

Holly: I'm not holly, I'm not Lula Maeneither.

"Like Obama said, Lula is the man. He can connect to the people and that's how he convinced the Olympic committee. "

During Lula's two terms his family plan has reached 50 million of Brazil's poorest people.

Sales to developing nations accounted for 50 percent of exports last year, up from 38 percent the year before Lula became the president.

Lula's visit to Beijing last year was his first since 2004, and it lasted just two days.

A champion of Brazil's poor, Lula has lost ground to corruption, economic torpor and his Venezuelan rival

Lula talks sports with Brazilian astronaut

Lula opts for a quiet life

Ha, Lula has begun a new story, does any one continue? I will translate what she wrote as following

A new battle for Lula

President Lula said developing countries had been treated as equals