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A long time ago i learned not to put the blame for backwardness in brazil on the us. we have to blame ourselves. our backwardness is caused by an elite which for a century didn't think about the majority and subordinated itself to foreign interests.
-Luiz Inacio Lula Da Silva
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A Long Time Ago I Learned Not

Luiz Inacio Lula Da Silva
A long time ago i learned not to put the blame for backwardness in brazil on the us. we have to blame ourselves. our backwardness is caused by an elite which for a century didn't think about the majority and subordinated itself to foreign interests.
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