Earlier this year Lula said farmers could sell, just this once, the soya they had harvested.
Lula said then that in a second term his priority would be tax, political, labour and pension reforms.
Lula said, had he known about the schemes to pay top-dollar for the dirt on the opposition, he would've stopped it.
"We didn't have a failure in the generation of energy, we had a problem in the transmission line, " Mr Lula said.
Lula said he had been given "the most important piece of news a human being can receive after a five-month treatment against cancer".
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In a television interview this week, Lula said he has handled the litany of scandals lapping at his door and claiming his top lieutenants, the way his mother cleaned house.
"All South American countries and Africa can easily produce oil seeds for biodiesel, sugar cane for ethanol and food at the same time, " Mr Lula said on his weekly radio programme.
Lula has said that Mr Sarney deserves more respect, and has blamed the press for whipping up scandal.
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Earlier this week President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said for the first time the downturn might eventually force a change in the country's budget.
That country's president, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, said that when it comes to intense, ongoing trade talks, he just wants to find that spot where everyone's satisfied.
Brazil's new president, Lula da Silva, said the big spending cuts he announced this week, aimed at raising the government's primary surplus (ie, before debt-service costs), would help the country survive a coming external crisis.
And he didn't let up: Lula was good, he said, but earned a mere seven or so out of ten for how he had governed Brazil.
It marks a break with the policies of her predecessor and mentor, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, who is said to have advised her to keep Mr Meirelles in place for at least six months after the presidential handover takes place in January.
But Mr Obama made a successful visit to Brazil in March, and is said to get on well with Dilma Rousseff, Lula's successor.
Mr Mujica is known for his informal and plain-speaking style, and has said that he models himself on former Brazilian president Lula Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, a left-leaning former trade unionist known for a centrist approach.
Mr Capriles has described Brazil as model of development, and said he aspired to emulate former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.
In fact, Brazil's economic policy has been "pretty much middle of the road, some people would say pretty conservative, " said Valente, who added that he has never voted for Lula da Silva.
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