Lula retaliated by calling off a long-expected cabinet reshuffle.
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She only joined the PT in 2001, and did not rise through the party: her candidacy was imposed on it by Lula.
It subsumes the income-transfer scheme that was the heart of Fome Zero (zero hunger), initially touted by Lula as his government's trademark.
"The law brought in by Lula regulated football, " admits Bellos.
The country formerly run by the charismatic Lula Da Silva generally enjoyed healthy trade surpluses in its bilateral exchange with Argentina.
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Gabrielli had been appointed by former president Lula Da Silva and has led Petrobras from 2005 and through the important discovery of the highly valuable pre-salt fields.
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Mr Dantas is alleged to have been one of the funders of a cash-for-votes scheme in Brazil's Congress mounted by leaders of Lula's Workers' Party in 2003-04.
Lula eventually resolved the issue by striking a complicated deal with Bolivia over gas prices that essentially made concessions to Mr Morales while allowing Brazil to save face.
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, dubbed by Mr Obama earlier this year as the world's most popular politician, has heavily criticised the "rich countries" for the financial crisis.
This is the most senior UK visit to Brazil since April 2009 when Gordon Brown went to see then President Lula in Brasilia, followed by a visit to Sao Paulo where he joined up with Peter Mandelson and a high-level business delegation.
Under, a veil of sophistication (made possible due to comparisons with the ruthless and thuggish Hugo Chavez) Lula's Brazil has become a negative force in the region (attracting Argentina and Uruguay, countries now run by two leaders who share Lula's triumphalist attitude).
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He was convicted last December with 24 other associates and close aides to Lula in a landmark trial heard by Brazil's Supreme Court.
However, they were very disappointed and astonished by the fact that Lula not only failed to play such an expected role but also became an enabler of Chavez's revolutionary and expansionistic agenda.
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That is one reason why Brazil has not been shunned by Mr Bush, despite Lula's opposition to the war in Iraq.
In 2003, he became a household name in Brazil when he was appointed by then President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva to the Supreme Court.
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Born poor himself, Lula won over Brazil's poor masses by driving down inflation and expanding welfare.
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Ms Rousseff did not deserve to win by default just because she was Lula's hand-picked successor.
Conversely, the electoral chances of Dilma Rousseff, Lula's chosen candidate, might be boosted by speedy approval.
Dilma Rousseff, hand picked by the super popular president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, now leads the country.
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Hand-picked by the charmistatic two-term president Lula da Silva, Dilma will take the reins of an economy that has been growing at about 7% in 2010 and has become the eighth largest in the world.
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Lula could raise an extra 4 billion reais a year by levying a tax on existing pensioners, but seems reluctant to tussle with the Supreme Court over the issue.
But the possible victory of the leftist Workers' Party (PT), led by three-time presidential election loser Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, has also made investors nervous.
In Brazil, the cost of voting via text was waived by telephone companies and the president, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, encouraged citizens to take part.
He is very critical of Mr Chavez's left-wing policies and says he is inspired by the Brazilian model of former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, whose government managed to achieve economic growth and lift millions of people out of poverty.
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Lula aims to reach the consensus needed to pass such tough reforms by setting up various national negotiating forums, whose membership will be drawn from all sectors of society.
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