New president a mixed blessing. (News in Brief: Brazil).Brasilia -- The newly elected president of Brazil The President of Brazil is both the head of state and head of government of the Federative Republic of Brazil. The presidential system was established in 1889, upon the proclamation of the republic in a military coup d'etât against the Emperor Dom Pedro II. , Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva sil·va also syl·va n. pl. sil·vas or sil·vae 1. The trees or forests of a region. 2. A written work on the trees or forests of a region. , known as "Lula," was welcomed as a champion of the poor and the disadvantaged This article or section may contain original research or unverified claims. Please help Wikipedia by adding references. See the for details. This article has been tagged since September 2007. . But he also is a threat to Brazil's pro-life pro-life Pro-choice, see there constitution, says Dr. Talmir Rodriguez, Brazil's representative on the board of the International Right to Life Federation which met in Toronto, October 23-25. Lula won 61 percent of the votes, (51 million) in the October election. Brazilian papers reported that, shortly after his second marriage, Lula had a daughter by a nurse named Miriam Cordeiro, who ended up speaking out against him in the 1989 presidential campaign. "He offered me money to have an abortion. . . . he can't be trusted," said Cordeiro. Dr. Rodriguez, a member of the national Brazilian Bishops' Conference Committee on the Family, said that Lula and his party are openly pro-abortion and pro-homosexual. The party has a policy calling for abortion on demand up to the third month of pregnancy (LifeSite LifeSite® Nephrology An implantable venous access device which may ↓ occlusion, infection, and mechanical breakdown associated with other hemodialysis access devices. See Hemodialysis. , Oct. 29/02). |
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