Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva

Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva ; (politician, trade union leader);
Born	27 October 1945
Nationality	Brazilian
	President of Brazil
In office
	1 January 2003 - 31 December 2010
Preceded by	Fernando Henrique Cardoso
Succeeded by	Dilma Rousseff

Appointments by Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva

Appointee	Job	Appointed	End
Marina Silva	Brazil/Minister/Environment and Climate Change	1 January 2003	13 May 2008
Marina Silva	Brazil/Minister/Environment and Climate Change	1 January 2023
Nísia Trindade	Brazil/Minister/Health	1 January 2023

Page	Quote	Author	Date
John Perkins	“I asked [Lula's emissary] whether Lula had been corrupted and for how long. It was obvious that this question made him extremely uncomfortable. After a long pause, he admitted that Lula was part of the system. "Otherwise, how could he have risen to such a position?" However, Jose also professed his admiration for Lula. "He's a realist. He understands that in order to help his people he has no choice ..." Then he shook his head. "I fear," he said, "that Washington will try to bring Lula down if he goes too far." "How do you think they'd do it?" "Everyone has—as you say—skeletons in his closet. Every politician has done things that can look bad, if brought into the light in a certain way. Lula has skeletons. If the powers that run your empire want to bring him down, they'll open the closet door."”	John Perkins	2007
Silvina Romano	“Lawfare is a political war through the courts, which uses legal tools improperly for political persecution, which uses the law as a weapon to destroy the adversary. Lawfare operates from high places through a judicial apparatus that rises above the Legislative and Executive Power, expanding the margin of maneuver and power of the judges, paving the way for a growing “juristocracy”.”	Silvina Romano	December 2020

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