Brazil’s current success is rooted not only in Lula’s two terms, which must end in 2010. The economic stabilization program enacted by Fernando Henrique Cardoso since 1994 (the Real Plan), first as finance minister and then as president for two terms, solidified a structure that made it possible for Lula’s tenure to be so prosperous.
不仅是必须在2010年结束两届任期的卢拉造就了巴西目前的成功。1994年来先任财政部长再任两届总统的费尔南多·恩里克·卡多佐推行的经济稳定计划（即雷亚尔计划）奠定了坚实的结构性基础，使得卢拉在其任期内有可能实现经济繁荣。