Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva

Mbeki enthuses about his Brazilian counterpart Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva's welfarist policies (except perhaps Brasilia's rapid and broad-based distribution of anti-retroviral drugs) and equally about the tempo of state investment in China and India...

The Brazilian government under President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is keener on African issues...

Something similar is happening in Latin America especially in Brazil which vies with South Africa among the world's most unequal societies and where President Luís Inácio Lula da Silva's government faces land-grabs by a strong Sem Terra (Landless) movement...