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Title: Lula Da Silva

Description: Lula da Silva (Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva; October 27, 1945- ), thirty-fifth and current president of Brazil since 2003; a founding member of the Worker's Party of Brazil, he previously ran for president unsuccessfully three times; from a poor family, he had little formal education as a youth and did not learn to read until he was ten years old; quit school after the fourth grade to work and help his family; began as a shoe shine boy and street vendor at the age of twelve; two years later worked in a copper processing factory as a lathe operator; became active in union activities and held several important posts in the Workers' Union when unionism was discouraged by the government; he helped organize a steel workers' union and rose in politics and government elections;

Category: Art

Topic: Illustrations

Subject: Personalities

Keywords: Brazil, Brazil presidents, politicians, presidents of Brazil, shoe shine boys, union organizers, (Illustration by Eduardo Lopez).