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Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva  ·  2026-09-09 14:57

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It's important for you to remember the following: I am a very lucky guy. This country, the last time it grew above 3% , was in 2010, when he was President of the Republic, it grew by 7.5%. It spent the entire time I was out of the presidency without growth. When I returned, it was growing at one, then it grew 3.4, 3.6, 3.2, and now it will grow by two-something. There is no one in the history of Brazil, not from the right, not from the left, not from the center, neither high nor low. No one has ever had the responsibility I had in my first 8 years as president; I had a primary surplus in all 8 years. The only G20 country that achieved a primary surplus was Brazil. The only one. So don't come talking to me about responsibility, because that's something I learned from Dona Lindu, not in school. I learned from Dona Lindu that if we spend more than we earn, we are going to fail. Oh.