Brazil president to receive unprecedented honour at opening night of procession with a giant effigy of him Brazil president to receive unprecedented honour at opening night of procession with a giant effigy of him He is a giant of Brazilian politics and soon he will become a giant of Brazilian carnival too: a 22-metre metal figurine, to be precise. Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, who rose from rural poverty to become his country’s first working class president , is to receive an unprecedented