Tag: Lula da Silva

• Sunday, April 22nd 2012 - 23:17 UTC

  Record approval for Dilma, but Brazilian voters’ heart is with Lula da Silva

  

  Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff's administration reached a record-high approval rating in April but voters still long for the return of predecessor Lula da Silva, a newspaper reported.

• Friday, March 30th 2012 - 23:03 UTC

  Lula da Silva admits he feared loosing his voice more than dying

  

  Former Brazilian president Lula da Silva said in an interview published this week that he feared losing his voice more than dying when he was diagnosed with larynx cancer.

• Thursday, March 29th 2012 - 07:07 UTC

  Lula da Silva announces his back in politics after defeating cancer

  

  Former Brazilian president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva announced Wednesday that he was returning to politics after being told that his larynx cancer was in “complete remission.”

• Monday, February 13th 2012 - 06:21 UTC

  Latest medical tests show Lula da Silva larynx cancerous tumour has disappeared

  

  The latest medical examination of former Brazilian president Lula da Silva has shown that a cancerous tumour in his larynx has disappeared, one of his doctors told a local newspaper Sunday.

• Wednesday, February 8th 2012 - 22:08 UTC

  Brazil celebrating unconfirmed report that Lula da Silva is free of cancer

  

  A piece of news in a Brazilian website on Wednesday today caused a wave of reactions and expectations when it declared sources close to the medical team treating former Brazilian President Lula da Silva for a throat cancer said he is free of the disease.

• Wednesday, January 25th 2012 - 03:52 UTC

  Lula da Silva back on the political stage next to President Dilma Rousseff

  

  Former Brazilian president Lula da Silva currently undergoing treatment for larynx cancer, returned on Tuesday to the political stage after three months of absence, for the inauguration ceremony of two new ministers from the cabinet of President Dilma Rousseff

• Wednesday, January 18th 2012 - 05:31 UTC

  Mujica and Lula da Silva discuss promoting regional integration as a doctrine

  

  Uruguayan president Jose Mujica and former leader Lula da Silva, under treatment for larynx cancer, said in Sao Paulo on Tuesday that they would like to have a group of Latin American intellectuals involved in the discussion and promotion of regional integration as a doctrine.

• Friday, January 6th 2012 - 06:58 UTC

  Hillary Clinton, Lula da Silva, Chavez closely following CFK recovery evolution

  

  The US Government said they are closely following the evolution of President Cristina Fernández health after she underwent surgery to remove a thyroid tumour, and highlighted the Argentine leader’s “very good” relationship with Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton.

• Thursday, December 29th 2011 - 21:50 UTC

  Dilma in her first year is proving to be an Iron Lady loved by the middle class

  

  Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff will be celebrating on Sunday her first of four years in office with a record public opinion support of 72%, based on a sober and firm style in running what has become the world’s sixth largest economy.

• Thursday, December 22nd 2011 - 05:13 UTC

  Brazil’s President Rousseff ends her first year with a popularity of 73%

  

  Brazil’s first woman president Dilma Rousseff popularity climbed in December to reach 72%, almost the same level, 73%, when she took office January first 2011, according to a public opinion poll from Ibope released earlier this week.