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Another populist falls: Lula ousts Bolsonaro in Brazil | Learn English phrase 'on a technicality'

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Brazilian President Luis Inacio Lula De Silva

Luis Inacio Lula de Silva was President of Brazil for two terms from 2003 to 2010. He benefited from a boom in commodity prices, and he used the proceeds to expand the size of the state. To his credit, he instituted a cash transfer program that brought many people out of poverty. His successor is Dilma Rousseff, an economist who had been Lula's chief of staff.

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