BRASIL: Profile of President Lula Da Silva And His Winning Economic Plan.

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"We were one of the last countries to go into the global crisis and we have been one of the first to come out," says the 64-year-old former lathe operator who was first elected president in 2002.
For his last year in office, he is confident Brazil's economy will grow by a more than healthy 5 per cent. "Not long ago I used to dream of accumulating $100bn in foreign reserves," he says. "Soon we will have $300bn (€202bn, £180bn)."