Brazil's Lula Lauds Janitor Who Returned Lost Cash
Fri Mar 26, 8:20 AM ET
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (Reuters) - An airport janitor who returned $10,000 lost by a Swiss tourist had a private audience on Thursday with the Brazilian president, who said he was example for the country.
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva received 55-year-old janitor Francisco Basilio Cavalcante at his palace.
Lula praised the man as "an example for all of Brazil," according to the Agencia Estado news agency.
Cavalcante, who earns about $125 a month, found the money while cleaning a bathroom at the Brasilia Airport and returned it to a Swiss tourist.
When asked by Lula whether the tourist had paid him anything to express his gratitude, Cavalcante replied: "My only wish, president, is that there abroad they would do the same for Brazilians."
The government's Agencia Brasil news agency said Lula asked the airport authority head to raise Cavalcante's salary.
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Fri Mar 26, 8:20 AM ET
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (Reuters) - An airport janitor who returned $10,000 lost by a Swiss tourist had a private audience on Thursday with the Brazilian president, who said he was example for the country.
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva received 55-year-old janitor Francisco Basilio Cavalcante at his palace.
Lula praised the man as "an example for all of Brazil," according to the Agencia Estado news agency.
Cavalcante, who earns about $125 a month, found the money while cleaning a bathroom at the Brasilia Airport and returned it to a Swiss tourist.
When asked by Lula whether the tourist had paid him anything to express his gratitude, Cavalcante replied: "My only wish, president, is that there abroad they would do the same for Brazilians."
The government's Agencia Brasil news agency said Lula asked the airport authority head to raise Cavalcante's salary.
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