Article: Shoeshine boy voted president.(News)

Article: Former shoeshine boy to lead Latin America's ...
AP Worldstream;  October 28, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... Dateline: SAO PAULO, Brazil From shoeshine boy to union firebrand to the next ... nation, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has a stunning electoral victory ... presidential elections counted, Silva had 61.3 percent and ruling ... Paulo, waving the red flags of Silva's Workers Party amid booming ...

Article: Former shoeshine boy to lead Brazil
Charleston Daily Mail;  October 28, 2002 ;     445 words ...SAO PAULO, Brazil - From shoeshine boy to union firebrand to the next ... nation, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva celebrated a stunning electoral ... problems to confront in Brazil. Silva became the first leftist elected ... Paulo, waving the red flags of Silva's Workers Party to the boom ...

Article: Shoeshine boy is new president.(News)
The Birmingham Post (England);  January 2, 2003 ;     510 words ...A former shoeshine boy who went on to lead Brazil ... country. Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (right) aged 57, takes ... presidents in over 40 years. Silva, a one-time radical union ... investor concerns over whether Silva will keep his pledge of financing ...

Article: Shoeshine boy set for presidency
Scotland on Sunday;  October 27, 2002 ;     525 words ... ... ultimate birthday present for left-winger Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. Today, after three failed attempts, he looks almost certain ... eastern state of Pernambuco reflects how far the former shoeshine boy has come. Lula says he has left behind his radical left ...

Article: NOTED WITH: Charity; The Shoeshine Boy
The Washington Post;  November 7, 1999 ;     700+ words ... ... Internet time. The kid my housemates call Shoeshine Boy always sits in a doorway near the church ... services. My first real contact with Shoeshine Boy came when he ran up behind me to tell ... teach my kids? The next day, I see Shoeshine Boy standing across the street from his ...

Article: Shoeshine boy turns general; gets honors
Filipino Reporter;  June 12, 2003 ;     580 words ... ... shoeshine box, braving heat or rain. This shoeshine boy has come a long way. Recently, the ... Gen. Rodolfo Alvarado, the former shoeshine boy, for his immeasurable service during ... Alvarado earned his daily allowance as a shoeshine boy in the streets of Tuguegarao. Poorest ...

Article: Shoeshine boy is taking on Peru's smooth talker
The Scotsman;  June 2, 2001 ;     700+ words ... ... presidential run-off tomorrow - but most bets are on an Andean shoeshine boy who made good. Wonderfully eloquent but politically inept ... polls point to a narrow victory for Alejandro Toledo, a shoeshine boy from Cuzco who went on to become a World Bank economist ...