GOD IS BRAZILIAN
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God is Brazilian: Lula
Nov 20 2007 09:28 PM
Brasilia - "God is Brazilian", Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said on Tuesday in relation to his government's announcement earlier this month that massive new oil reserves had been discovered offshore.
"This discovery... proves that God is Brazilian," he said during a speech at his presidential palace in the capital Brasilia.
His theological assertion is not original: Brazilians have long claimed that God shares their nationality on the basis of the natural resources at their disposal.
The British magazine The Economist also already made reference to that saying in its take on the oil find in an article last week titled "God may indeed be Brazilian after all."
Brazil's government and the state-run oil company Petrobras announced two weeks ago that exploration of its Tupi offshore field showed it had enough to increase national oil reserves by 50%.
A new discovery nearby still being explored also appeared to contain enough petroleum to propel Brazil among the top 10 oil producers in the world, they said.
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- AFP
Gushing rivers of oil
Flowing all the way
The seas splurting riches
What a cache
Very soon all this will be on display
Riches greater than Saudi Arabia
On a tray
God is Brazilian they say
Giving them respect love peace
All the way
Their detractors in USA
A thought filled with envy
Would love to underplay
The Brazilians investing
In America every day
John Doe an illegal immigrant
In Rio de Janeiro
Working without pay
