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). Orientation: Portrait Dimensions: 2400 x 3158 (7.58 MPixels) (3:4) Print Size: 20.3 x 26.7 cm; 8.0 x 10.5 inches File Size: 21.72 MB (22,771,658 Bytes) Resolution: 300 x 300 dpi Color Depth: 16.7 million (24 BitsPerPixel) Compression: None Image Number: 0000039122c Source: Jay Robert Nash Collection
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