José Alencar Gomes da Silva has been the Vice President of Brazil since 2003, under president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. Born into a family of small entrepreneurs from Muriaé, in the inland state of Minas Gerais on October 17, 1931, he was the eleventh son of Antônio Gomes da Silva and Dolores Peres Gomes da Silva. He started working while still a child, helping out his father in the family business, … Wikipedia
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