The Shoeshine President
Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, a former shoe-shine boy with no formal education, rises to become president of Brazil
It's a fairy-tale story. Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, a former shoe-shine boy with no formal education, rises to become president of Brazil.
In 2003, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva became president of Brazil. 'There's a lot of confidence and hope that if Lula becomes president, a lot of things will change in Brazil', said one voter. Yet some Brazilians were wary of Lula's policies: 'I think he's really communist. I'm not going to vote for him', said another voter.
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