September 30, 2006

Lula’s star undimmed for Brazil’s slum dwellers (Reuters)

anchorman wrote this mid-morning:

A dog watches as men push a car in Sao Paulo's biggest slum, Heliopolis, September 28, 2006. With an estimated 80% of its 125,000 residents supporting President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva in his campaign for re-election, Heliopolis joins the other millions of Brazil's poor that back Lula in spite of the disillusion of many wealthier voters. (Rickey Rogers/Reuters)Reuters - Posters trumpeting the
Workers’ Party plaster scrappy homes in Sao Paulo’s biggest
slum, where residents see their own hardship tales reflected in
President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.


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