Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da
Silva said Saturday at a business meeting in Lima that South America is in top
form.
"South America is going through a magical moment," Lula told
the second seminar on Brazilian Trade and Investment Opportunities.
"I do not recall having had in my whole political life such a reasonable
combination of economic growth, macroeconomic stability and, at the same time,
a strong policy of social inclusion," Lula stressed.
The Brazilian president said that in his political career and during his time
as a trade union leader he learned that it was "essential that the economy
grew in order to have something to distribute" among the poorest parts of
society.
Lula took part in the fifth European Union-Latin America and
the Caribbean (EU-LAC) summit Friday in Lima, which called to combat poverty
and counter the impact of the current food crisis in order to protect those who
are most vulnerable to its impact, dpa reported.
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