Le
Monde Names Brazil’s Lula da Silva As “Man
of the Year”
French daily Le Monde named Brazilian
President Lula da Silva “Man of the Year”
for “personifying a giant”. It is the first
time in its history the French publication
has made this designation.
Lula da Silva, who is leaving his term of
office in 2010 without performing an
amendment to Brazilian Constitution, "knew
exactly how to be a democratic figure and
fight against poverty" Le Monde depicts in
its article.
The newspaper described him as "a referent
to emerging countries and also to the
developing world." Lula da Silva, 64, has,
according to the French publication,
"positioned his country in the world."
The Brazilian president will be leaving his
term of office at the end of 2010, without
intending to perform a constitutional
amendment and, thanks to this, being unable
to get re-elected. Le Monde portrays him as
the one president who was able to "offer a
new image to Latin America." And adds:
"Lula's excellent reputation is Brazil's
renovation."
The article, written by Rio de Janeiro news
correspondent Jean Pierre Langellier,
outlines Lula da Silva's profile and praises
his administration. "Lula seems to be
interested in everything: diplomacy,
commerce, energy, climate, immigration,
space, drugs", the articles describes.
Lula da Silva was the first Latinamerican
president Barack Obama received in the White
House. According to Le Monde's view, he came
ahead because the former union leader has
successfully directed a country that is
complex, focusing on economic development,
inequality and the protection of the
environment. Obama referred to him “as the
most popular politician in the world”.
The profile the article describes includes
pros and cons. As it states: "Even though
Lula da Silva has cut poverty figures and
millions of Brazilians have improved their
ways of living, his country remains to be
one of the most unbalanced nations in the
world, strongly divided between a rich south
and a forgotten north."
A to-do list and "unresolved matter issues"
are also included in Le Monde's article.
Those are: "Primary and secondary low-level
education, deficient health care system,
heavy bureaucracy, inefficient police and a
lazy justice."
Lula da Silva has been in the media
spotlight all through 2009, thanks to his
policies and the way in which he has
positioned Brazil in the international
focus.
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