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Originally posted by EscortBiz
so hes missing a finger?>
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Elected in 2002, Brazilian president LUIS INACIO "LULA" DA SILVA has long been a spokesman for labor unions. His background gives him "street cred" to speak for the workers -- he was employed as a metalworker before getting involved in government. In the 1960s he lost the little finger on his left hand in a lathe accident. He entered politics and made a name for himself in the 1970s and '80s as the most prominent leader of the Labor Party. And now he's the ding-dang president of Brazil! In 1982 he adopted the nickname Lula, a diminutive form of Luis that in English means "squid."