>> when president lula came into power in 2002, we had 12% unemployment. brazil is running 6.2 unemployment there is a democratic change in that security area. and rio has tackled this with the occupation of the fleet with the slums. we've seen that the rights and the execution is right. >> you said i think it was the last time we spoke when you were in new york, you said look, warren buffett, carlos, they better be looking behind them because i'm on my way there becoming the richest person in the world. do you still feel that way? >> i have created five companies that have in them embedded resources worth $2 trillion. okay? at very l cost to produce it. so it's just a question of time. i'm sorry. so i don't know if i am going to pass him on the right side or the left, but it's going to happen. >> my thanks to eike batista. >>> up next on the "wall street journal report," she has designed clothes for the red carpet, white weddings, and now maybe your big day. vera wang on bringing accessible price tags to the bridal >>> from the red carpet to the local koh

the other thing i when president lula took power, we saw a basic shift in trade. the united states used to acunt for about a third of brazilian trade, and now it accounts for aboutalf that. and china is brazil's biggest trading partner. so you've see a big shif in patent. tremendous entreeurial vigor. emendous passion. it extends beyond the soccer eld. >> yeah. >> and o view is that this is the decade of latin america. our view is the twbig evts in 2014, the world cup which brazil must win and 16, the olympi which i think will be another stunning ent will reposition brazil and the whole latin american continent. and you mustn't forget the other ayers as well. mexico is our second ggt market. e third biggest market is argentina despite their issues and then colombia and chile. pretty much across the board 're seng greatgrow, vigorous growth. and wpp's future is no longer confined to the u.s. and western europe. it's very much in thes bricks. >> a good point. what doyou think the big challenge is here in brazil? you talked about th inequality whh is obviously an iss

bargain with the european union if this happened before the previous election of interest because lula was released from prison and contract with europe a result of that was he led to look this up again experts say the timing of these court cases could not be worse valorous know faces a serious economic crisis with its currency on the brink of total devaluation with the opposition trials being seen in the west as a strong evidence of human rights violations the export of belorussian goods to the european union has caused. that along with international loans has been the country's main revenue stream for the past two decades it is the first time in seventeen years that alexander lukashenko has been a power that he finds himself under severe pressure both internationally and at home anybody of the opposition leaders get shorter prison terms that initially planned many experts say that unless there is free the probably going to rest will only expand especially with this financial turmoil. see reporting from minsk in belarus there are some other stories making headlines around the world th

. >> el presidente lula quizÁ no está, tampoco estÁ el presidente uribe. por quÉ?en radio caracas televisiÓn y los censuran tambiÉn. >> el poderoso bruto no sabe el beneficio que se da de que se rian de ellos. el chiste perdona, cuando alguien comete un delito y toda la poblaciÓn se burla de Él, lo ven con lÁstima, no merece el maltrato porque su suficiente con el castigo que le dieron. de alguna forma de distinto antes derechista que despuÉs del chiste. >> como se burlan los venezolanos de sus lÍderes? los mexicanos a sus espaldas con el doble sentido, ¿como lo hacen ustedes? >> precisamente asÍ. tal vez sea una tradiciÓn espaÑola. descendemos y combinamos con la viveza del indio, y el resentimiento de otras razas que nos mezclamos pero esa es la idea, el burlado nunca sepa que estÁn hablando de Él, incluso que se rÍa. >> este mismo domingo en venezuela vas a comenzar un nuevo programa. te han sacado del aire tantas veces... el proyecto con sony afuera, ahora empiezas esto. >> la conclusiÓn es que de alguna forma funciona porque vuelvo otra vez. vamos a hacer un e

until this last year when brazil had slippage, they reduced under lula annual destruction by 75%. a little known fact. they got all the lockers out but they are still pushing the cattle farmers in the soybean people in. >> do just that they are fantasizing about having that kind of conversation here? >> well i think we should. we should try and maybe we will have to go through another election but in the end, we have to listen to people who disagree with us. it cannot be possible that either the democrats are the or the republicans are always wrong. it cannot be possible that 100% of us are proceeding in bad faith. you know i basically think that the country has been badly hurt in the last 30 years by the adoption of two ideas, one predominately in business and won a government. the business idea was that corporations are not really creatures of the state. they are independent entities just like citizens and they ought to be able to whatever they want in elections itheir only responsibility is to their shareholders. since people hold shares for 15 seconds now before they sell them

until this last year when brazil had slippage, they reduced under lula annual destruction by 75%. a little known fact. they got all the lockers out but they are still pushing the cattle farmers in the soybean people in. >> do just that they are fantasizing about having that kind of conversation here? >> well i think we should. we should try and maybe we will have to go through another election but in the end, we have to listen to people who disagree with us. it cannot be possible that either the democrats are the or the republicans are always wrong. it cannot be possible that 100% of us are proceeding in bad faith. you know i basically think that the country has been badly hurt in the last 30 years by the adoption of two ideas, one predominately in business and won a government. the business idea was that corporations are not really creatures of the state. they are independent entities just like citizens and they ought to be able to whatever they want in elections in their only responsibility is to their shareholders. since people hold shares for 15 seconds now before they sell th

until this last year when brazil had slippage, they reduced under lula annual destruction by 75%. a little known fact. they got all the lockers out but they are still pushing the cattle farmers in the soybean people in. >> do just that they are fantasizing about having that kind of conversation here? >> well i think we should. we should try and maybe we will have to go through another election but in the end, we have to listen to people who disagree with us. it cannot be possible that either the democrats are the or the republicans are always wrong. it cannot be possible that 100% of us are proceeding in bad faith. you know i basically think that the country has been badly hurt in the last 30 years by the adoption of two ideas, one predominately in business and won a government. the business idea was that corporations are not really creatures of the state. they are independent entities just like citizens and they ought to be able to whatever they want in elections in their only responsibility is to their shareholders. since people hold shares for 15 seconds now before they sell th

to give you an example when brazil former president lula started last december to propose a latin american bloc to recognize the palestinian state and the 67 borders, we took a delegation on our initiative and we tour all the countries in latin america from argentina to mexico to try to explain why we consider that a mistake for the peace process benefit. so we tried to help those who are taking the position today to avoid major mistakes. it's our way of doing business. >> thank you. lorna, bicom? >> bicom is a not-for-profit independent organization supported by 300 wonderful individuals. we are seeking to be and hope we are an authoritative source with a mission to help to create more supportive environment for israel and britain. and although the way we do that is focusing on the polity, the opinion-formers. people who form opinion in the media and people who are opinion-formers in the media. we take them to israel. we do public and private events. we do research. for example, we're the home to what goes as empirical data what britains think on israel and related issues. and if you temp