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Brazil's ex first lady dies; Lula da Silva allows donations of her organs
“An absence of blood flow in the brain was identified,” doctors at the Sirio-Libanes hospital said, declaring Marisa Leticia Lula da Silva brain-dead. 
A minute of silence was held in the lower house of Congress in the capital Brasilia. She was first lady from 2003 to 2010. 
Lula's ally and successor in the presidency, Dilma Rousseff, described Maria Leticia as “a fighter” and said “she had an important political role.” The wife of Brazil's embattled former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva died on Thursday, a week after she was hospitalized with a brain hemorrhage, doctors in Sao Paulo said.“An absence of blood flow in the brain was identified,” doctors at the Sirio-Libanes hospital said, declaring Marisa Leticia Lula da Silva brain-dead.
The family of the former first lady, 66, had authorized the donation of her organs and “procedures were begun for the donation,” the hospital said in a statement.
Lula's family issued a statement thanking supporters for “all the expressions of sympathy and solidarity.”
Maria Leticia had been treated in intensive care since January 24 with a brain hemorrhage due to a ruptured brain aneurism.
A minute of silence was held in the lower house of Congress in the capital Brasilia. She was first lady from 2003 to 2010.
Although Lula left power with sky-high ratings and taking credit for Brazil's economic boom, his legacy has been badly tarnished by a subsequent recession and a string of corruption charges last year in which his wife was also indicted.
Both Lula and his wife denied any wrongdoing.
Lula's ally and successor in the presidency, Dilma Rousseff, described Maria Leticia as “a fighter” and said “she had an important political role.” She described the legal problems facing Lula and his late wife as “persecution.”
“They experienced great injustices. I imagine that Lula's pain now is intolerable,” Rousseff said. “We are together president Lula, now and forever.”
Joao de Oliveira, a former head of the CUT trade union federation, praised da Silva's history as one of the original members of the Workers' Party Lula founded.
“She made the Workers' Party's first red-and-white flag,” he said. ”We have high regard for her because she gave her whole life to build the partisan movement, the union movement.
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Feb 03rd, 2017 - 07:26 pm +1“compañero Lula”, que seja o próximo.....e logo.
You must think Lula is losing sleep over his wife's death, but the truth be known he loves no one but himself....the only reason he brought her back into his life, was because he was elected President end 2002 and had to present some one as his wife...after abandoning her and having 2 or 3 well-publicized affairs in between. Just to show how broken up he was over her death, when Temer went to pay his condolences, the 9-fingered mollusc had the nerve to try to counsel Temer, telling him that he should not overhaul the social security system during a recession - caused by him - and that if Temer needed help, all he had to do was call....and Lula would come-a-running.....what a bloody nerve. But don't worry, “Lula não deve voltar”....he is being prosecuted in 5 separate cases in Federal court, and if condemned, the only place he'll be going, is prison. Sorry for popping your balloon.
The “Widening Circle”:
Feb 05th, 2017 - 12:18 pm +1Petrobras scandal reaches Chile: http://en.mercopress.com/2017/02/02/petrobras-scandal-reaches-chile-bachelet-denies-receiving-any-financial-support
Peru raids former president’s home: http://en.mercopress.com/2017/02/02/petrobras-scandal-reaches-chile-bachelet-denies-receiving-any-financial-support
BILLIONS are at stake - freely shared in “partnerships” - amongst the CORRUPT Politicians and the CROOKED Entrepreneurs.
As the general population is victimized & is made powerless by the SAME “partners”; the countries involved are DOOMED to remain as the “ETERNAL Third-World Countries”!
Hi, Jack! Wrt the theatrics at the funeral - now that he is “free”; he should try his skills at Hollywood!
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