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Luis Inacio da Silva was born to the poor family of Aritides Inacio da Silva and Euridece Ferreira de Melo in Caetes , Fernambuco on October 24 1945 . They were eight in the family , Lula being the seventh child . His parents separated when he was just 2 weeks old because his father moved to Santos City to look for better job . When he was seven years old , his mother decided to join Lula 's father in Sao Paolo , bringing all her children with

her , only to find that her husband has formed a second family with her own cousin , Valdomira . But in spite of this , they still live with the second family for four years . After which his mother decided to separate and move out due to differences . Since then , Lula has seldom seen his father , who died an alcoholic in the year 1978

Due to poverty , Lula had little formal education . In fact , he only learned to read when he was ten years old and dropped out of school after the fourth grade to work as a shoe shiner and street vendor to help his family . Lula got his formal job as lathe operator in a copper processing factory at the age of 14 and as a press operator in an automobile parts factory when he was 19 . There , he met an accident and lost the little finger in his left hand . The hardship he experienced because of this accident , where he had...