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Article: Viewpoint: Past Lessons Learnt, Hope For The Future - Henrique De Campos Meirelles Assesses The Achievements Of The Lula Administration In Leading Brazil Out Of Crisis.(Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva)(Column)
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- The Banker
- Article date:
- January 1, 2004
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Brazil is living through a time of hope, in which it is re-discussing its past and its present in order to create a new future. Today, it is clear that this new future may be quite different and much better than the one envisaged at the beginning of 2003.
Someone said that history is a prophet with its eyes turned toward the past. For this reason, I feel that an evaluation of what has been achieved so far in the Brazilian economy by the first year of the Lula administration can be very useful to understand the state we are in now and the prospects for the future.
The Lula administration has shown an unequivocal commitment to the responsible construction ...