Presidential Home by NedHopkins
The president's home is a good distance from the Praça dos Três Podres.It is also set well back -- perhaps 200 meters -- from the road. Unlike the Elysée Palace, 10 Downing Street, or the White House, it is not vulnerable to a truck-bomb or to madmen rushing it with weapons.
Since January 2003 the Palácio da Alvorada has been occupied by President Luis Inacio Lula da Silva -- universally known as 'Lula' -- one of the two or three most popular presidents in Brazilian history.