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"Gift of God" : Brazil becomes oil superpower country



By AP
10 October 2008 @ 4:03 pm IST

Four miles under the ocean's surface off Brazil's lush coast lie billions of barrels of recently discovered light crude, a treasure set to transform the country into an oil superpower.


Brazil`s President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (R Top) holds a Brazilian flag with first lady Marisa with employees of Brazilian oil giant Petrobras during the opening ceremony of the Petrobras 51 oil rig at Angra dos Reis, near Rio de Janeiro, October 7, 2
Brazil`s President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (R Top) holds a Brazilian flag with first lady Marisa with employees of Brazilian oil giant Petrobras during the opening ceremony of the Petrobras 51 oil rig at Angra dos Reis, near Rio de Janeiro, October 7, 2008.(Reuters)
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Lula calls the vast finds 'a gift from God' and pledges to use future oil income to fight chronic poverty and narrow the country's persistent gap between rich and poor.

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