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Brazil ex-president Lula diagnosed with throat cancer

Breitbart.com 10/29/2011 14:01
Brazil ex-president Lula diagnosed with throat cancer - Brazil - politics - South America


Former Brazilian president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has been diagnosed with throat cancer, a hospital where the ex-leader went for medical exams said Saturday.



Following a series of tests, the 66-year-old Lula "was diagnosed with a tumor located in his larynx" and will receive outpatient chemotherapy treatment, the Syrian-Lebanese Hospital of Sao Paulo said in a statement.

He was otherwise in good health, the statement read.

The charismatic and popular Lula left power with a record 80 percent approval rating after two consecutive terms from January 2003 to December 2010.

Brazil's constitution prohibits a third consecutive term.


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