The Brazilian oil company Petrobras is experiencing turbulent days after the board of directors decided not to distribute extraordinary dividends to shareholders. The financial market reacted with heavy losses on the stock market and with fears that the Government of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva would increase interference in the company.

Lula: "The market is a rhinoceros, a voracious dinosaur. He wants everything for himself and nothing for the people. Doesn't the market feel sorry for people who are hungry?"