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Brazilian leftist leader and president of Partido dos Trabalhadores, PT, Inacio Lula da Silva participates in a protest against privatisation of public enterprises, in front of Petrobras building Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Sep. 27, 1989. (Austral Foto/Renzo Gostoli)
Brazilian leftist leader and president of Partido dos Trabalhadores, PT, Inacio Lula da Silva participates in a protest against privatisation of public enterprises, in front of Petrobras building Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Sep. 27, 1989. (Austral Foto/Renzo Gostoli)
Brazilian leftist leader and presidential candidate of Partido dos Trabalhadores, PT, Inacio Lula da Silva listen to tipical musicians during electoral campaign at S. Cristovao fair, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Oct. 08 , 1989. (Austral Foto/Renzo Gostoli)
Brazilian President Fernando Henrique Cardoso in 2000. Cardoso, born in 1931 was President of Brazil from 1995 to 2002. (Australfoto/Douglas Engle)
Brazilian President Fernando Henrique Cardoso in 2000. Cardoso, born in 1931 was President of Brazil from 1995 to 2002. (Australfoto/Douglas Engle)
Brazilian President Fernando Henrique Cardoso in 2000. Cardoso, born in 1931 was President of Brazil from 1995 to 2002. (Australfoto/Douglas Engle)
Brazilian President Fernando Henrique Cardoso in 2000. Cardoso, born in 1931 was President of Brazil from 1995 to 2002. (Australfoto/Douglas Engle)
Modern windmills generate power in Fortaleza, in the northeastern Brazilian state of Ceara.(Douglas Engle/Australfoto)
An oil platform-ship near Ilha Grande, in the state of Rio de Janeiro.(Douglas Engle/Australfoto)
Brazilian Presidential Cantidate Luis Inacio Lula da Silva leaves his Hotel with his wife Marisa in Rio de Janeiro on the eve of the Presidential election.(Australfoto/Douglas Engle)
Brazilian Presidential Cantidate Luis Inacio Lula da Silva waves to well-wishers in Rio de Janeiro on the eve of the Presidential election.(Australfoto/Douglas Engle)
A street vendor wears a mask of Brazilian Presidential Cantidate Luis Inacio Lula da Silva while selling them in Rio de Janeiro on the eve of the Presidential election.(Australfoto/Douglas Engle)
A supporter of Brazilian Presidential Cantidate Luis Inacio Lula da Silva weaks a mask of the candidate in Rio de Janeiro on the eve of the Presidential election.(Australfoto/Douglas Engle)
The Petrobras P-40 platform undergoes maintenance as it floats in the Guanabara Bay of Rio de Janeiro.(Douglas Engle/Australfoto)
People fish on the banks of the Parana River downstream from the massive Itaipu Hydroelectric station and near where the Iguacu River flows into it, in Foz do Iguacu, Brazil. The meeting of the Iguaçu and the Parana, considered second in size only to the Amazon River among South American rivers forms the Brazilian borders with Argentina, upper left, and Paraguay, upper right.(Douglas Engle/Australfoto)
Workers walk between the huge water intake pipes at the Binational Itaipu Hydroelectric plant in Foz do Iguacu, Brazil, and Ciudad del Este, Paraguay.(Douglas Engle/Australfoto)
Electric lines hang from the Binational Itaipu Hydroelectric plant in Foz do Iguacu, Brazil, and Ciudad del Este, Paraguay.(Douglas Engle/Australfoto)
A car drives over the barrier wall which forms the artifical Itaipu lake at the Binational Itaipu Hydroelectric plant in Foz do Iguacu, Brazil, and Ciudad del Este, Paraguay.(Douglas Engle/Australfoto)
A workers looks at a giant spinning axel, which generates electricity, at the Binational Itaipu Hydroelectric plant in Foz do Iguacu, Brazil, and Ciudad del Este, Paraguay.(Douglas Engle/Australfoto)
An allegorical float of the Beija-Flor samba school depicting Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva passes in front of the crowd in the Sambadrome for the during the second night of the first division parades in Rio de Janeiro.(Australfoto/Douglas Engle)
Brazilian Presidential Candidate Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva reacts for the press after voting in Sao Bernardo, a suburb of Sao Paulo, Brazil, Sunday, October 4, 1998. Lula, as he is known, of a left-wing coalition lost the election to incumbant Fernando Henrique Cardoso, but became president 4 years later. (Australfoto/Douglas Engle)
A man looks at stoves in Rio de Janeiro. Almost everything is made in Brazil, giving consumers a local alternative and giving the Brazilian economy a certain resistance to outside pressures. (Douglas Engle/Australfoto)
Presidential Candidate Luiz Inacio "Lula" da Silva greets well-wishers in Campo Grande, in the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Tuesday, September 22, 1998. Lula, as he is known, of a left-wing coalition lost the election to incumbant Fernando Henrique Cardoso, but became president 4 years later. (Australfoto/Douglas Engle)
A worker for Petrobras checks crude oil at the Urucu oil well in the Amazon.(Douglas Engle/Australfoto)
Thousands of Fiat cars await export on the docks of the Port of Rio de Janeiro. Fiat is one of many European companies to invest heavily in South America, in particular Brazil and Argentina.(Douglas Engle/Australfoto)
Natural gas burns off at the Petrobras Palataforma 26, about 100 miles from the Brazilian coastline in the Campos Basin of the Atlantic Ocean. With the discovery of new oil deposits in the basin, Brazil hopes to start producing 2 million barrels a day, thus becoming self-sufficient.(Douglas Engle/Australfoto)
A view of the Companhia Siderurgica Nacional (CSN), in Volta Redonda, in the State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazi. CSN operates captive mines, an integrated steel mill, service centers, ports and railways. With a total annual production capacity of 5.4 million tons of crude steel and consolidated gross revenues of R$6.1 billion reported in 2002, CSN is also the only tin-plate producer in Brazil and one of the five largest tin-plate producers worldwide. (Douglas Engle/Australfoto)
A view of the Companhia Siderurgica Nacional (CSN), in Volta Redonda, in the State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazi. CSN operates captive mines, an integrated steel mill, service centers, ports and railways. With a total annual production capacity of 5.4 million tons of crude steel and consolidated gross revenues of R$6.1 billion reported in 2002, CSN is also the only tin-plate producer in Brazil and one of the five largest tin-plate producers worldwide. (Douglas Engle/Australfoto)
A truck passes a memorial to Landless Peasant (MST) massacre victims, made of 19 burned tree trunks, on the side of the PA-150 highway near Carajas in southern Par state, Brazi. In what ins now known as the Carajas Massacre, 19 MST members were killed April 19, 1996 when state police opened fire on hundreds of protesting MST members who had blocked the highway to demand land reform. Other two victims died from the wounds some years later. (Australfoto/Douglas Engle)
A pedestrian passes a memorial to Landless Peasant (MST) massacre victims, made of 19 burned tree trunks, on the side of the PA-150 highway near Carajas in southern Par state, Brazi. In what ins now known as the Carajas Massacre, 19 MST members were killed April 19, 1996 when state police opened fire on hundreds of protesting MST members who had blocked the highway to demand land reform. Other two victims died from the wounds some years later. (Australfoto/Douglas Engle)
A bus passes a memorial to Landless Peasant (MST) massacre victims, made of 19 crosses, on the side of the PA-150 highway near Carajas in southern Par state, Brazi. In what ins now known as the Carajas Massacre, 19 MST members were killed April 19, 1996 when state police opened fire on hundreds of protesting MST members who had blocked the highway to demand land reform. Other two victims died from the wounds some years later. (Australfoto/Douglas Engle)
A car passes a memorial to Landless Peasant (MST) massacre victims, made of 19 crosses, on the side of the PA-150 highway near Carajas in southern Par state, Brazi. In what ins now known as the Carajas Massacre, 19 MST members were killed April 19, 1996 when state police opened fire on hundreds of protesting MST members who had blocked the highway to demand land reform. Other two victims died from the wounds some years later. (Australfoto/Douglas Engle)
Protestors carry crosses as they walk past a tourist billboard of Ipanema beach during a march against police violence in Rio de Janeiro, April 15, 2005. The march was to demand justice for several killings by "extermination groups" within the police force, most recently the massacre of at least 29 people. (Australfoto/Douglas Engle)
A woman stands behind the world "violence" on a banner she is holding during a march against police violence in Rio de Janeiro, April 15, 2005. The march was to demand justice for several killings by "extermination groups" within the police force, most recently the massacre of at least 29 people. (Australfoto/Douglas Engle)
Protestors hold crosses and simulate massacre victims during a march against police violence in Rio de Janeiro, April 15, 2005. The march was to demand justice for several killings by "extermination groups" within the police force, most recently the massacre of at least 29 people. (Australfoto/Douglas Engle)
Protestors hold crosses during a march against police violence in Rio de Janeiro, April 15, 2005. The march was to demand justice for several killings by "extermination groups" within the police force, most recently the massacre of at least 29 people. (Australfoto/Douglas Engle)
Students and staff at the Anhembi Morumbi University in Sao Paulo, Feb. 1, 2006.
Students and staff at the Anhembi Morumbi University in Sao Paulo, Feb. 1, 2006.
Students and staff at the Anhembi Morumbi University in Sao Paulo, Feb. 1, 2006.
Students and staff at the Anhembi Morumbi University in Sao Paulo, Feb. 1, 2006.
Students and staff at the Anhembi Morumbi University in Sao Paulo, Feb. 1, 2006.
Students and staff at the Anhembi Morumbi University in Sao Paulo, Feb. 1, 2006.
Students and staff at the Anhembi Morumbi University in Sao Paulo, Feb. 1, 2006.
Students and staff at the Anhembi Morumbi University in Sao Paulo, Feb. 1, 2006.
Students and staff at the Anhembi Morumbi University in Sao Paulo, Feb. 1, 2006.
Students and staff at the Anhembi Morumbi University in Sao Paulo, Feb. 1, 2006.
Students and staff at the Anhembi Morumbi University in Sao Paulo, Feb. 1, 2006.
Students and staff at the Anhembi Morumbi University in Sao Paulo, Feb. 1, 2006.
Students and staff at the Anhembi Morumbi University in Sao Paulo, Feb. 1, 2006.
Students and staff at the Anhembi Morumbi University in Sao Paulo, Feb. 1, 2006.