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RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (AP) - President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva faces the challenges of reinvigorating Brazil's sluggish economy and cracking down on crime under goals he set for his second term.
Silva made the economy and crime the cornerstones of his inauguration speeches Monday. He vowed to increase economic growth that has lagged behind the rest of South America, without sacrificing the social programs that are largely responsible for his high popularity.
But political opposition to needed economic-policy reforms and entrenched criminal gangs will make meeting those goals no easy task, analysts said.
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