“The foundation is in place, and now we have to get to work.”

— Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva

" Profile: Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/5346744.stm" in news.bbc.co.uk, October 29, 2006: About his second term as president

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