Friend of [[Hugo Chavez]], [[Fidel Castro]] and [[Mahmoud Ahmadinejad]], he is regarded as working around the intense polarization between left and right; ''"Lula's heart may beat to the left, but his head tells him foreign investment is essential for Brazil to grow," noted Steve Kingstone of the BBC.''<ref>http://www.notablebiographies.com/supp/Supplement-Ka-M/Lula-da-Silva-Luiz-In-cio.html</ref> | Friend of [[Hugo Chavez]], [[Fidel Castro]] and [[Mahmoud Ahmadinejad]], he is regarded as working around the intense polarization between left and right; ''"Lula's heart may beat to the left, but his head tells him foreign investment is essential for Brazil to grow," noted Steve Kingstone of the BBC.''<ref>http://www.notablebiographies.com/supp/Supplement-Ka-M/Lula-da-Silva-Luiz-In-cio.html</ref> |