Thursday, January 6, 2005
 
Friends of the son of the Brazilian President, Luis Inacio Lula da Silva, have published photos of themselves partying on vacation in Brasilia. The news caused arguments and protests amongst many Brazilians, with allegations that the government were paying the expenses.
The group of teenagers is shown cavorting at the official residences of Granja do Torto and Palácio do Alvorada, both in Brasilia; near a Brazilian Air Force airplane; travelling by motor boat in Paranoá lake; and with Brazilian soccer player Pelé.
At first, the photos appeared in the photoblogs www.fotolog.net/tata_lulu, www.fotolog.net/feijao_fodao and www.fotolog.net/gringo_mi. But since the publication of the news by the local newspapers Folha de São Paulo and Estado de São Paulo, the photoblogs were deleted or the photos removed. Some of the photos however, still are available at some user and newspaper sites on the Internet. 
Since the incident, several people have created Orkut communities which comment, joke, and protest about what has happened. One of these communities, named "Férias na Alvorada - EU QUERO!" (Vacations at Alvorada - I WANT IT!"), had 450 members as of January 7th.  
The Brazilian government declined to comment on the pictures.


References
Julia Dualibi, Eduardo Scolese. "Colônia de férias" do Alvorada tem fotoblog — Folha de São Paulo(AF), January 6, 2005
 Sites mostram viagem de amigos do filho de Lula a Brasília — Estado de São Paulo(AE), January 6, 2005
 Fotologs com imagens de jovens no Palácio do Alvorada saem do ar — Folha de São Paulo(AF), January 6, 2005
 PFL estuda ir à Justiça contra férias de amigos de filho de Lula no Planalto — Folha de São Paulo(AF), January 6, 2005
 Comunidades no Orkut criticam "férias no Alvorada" — Folha de São Paulo(AF), January 7, 2005
 Deputado repudia "farra" do filho de Lula — Agência Nordeste, January 7, 2005
 ORKUT: Protesto bem-humorado contra farra no Alvorada — ANSA, January 7, 2005
 Dupla protesta contra férias no Alvorada — Estado de São Paulo(AE), January 8, 2005


See also
Some of the photos of Lula son and friends party:

AOL Notícias.
Estado de São Paulo (AE)
Festa no Alvorada