"This
is
a
second
independence
for
Brazil,"
Lula
said,
commemorating
the
first
crude
oil
pumped
from
the
Tupi
field
off
the
country's
southeast
Atlantic
coast.
Lula
wants
a
working
group
he
formed
last
year
to
complete
work
on
proposals
to
change
Brazil's
concession-based
oil
law,
said
a
Dow
Jones
Newswire
report.
The
president
has
pledged
to
use
the
newfound
oil
riches
to
ease
Brazil's
crushing
poverty
and
improve
the
country's
education
system.
While
work
on
the
new
oil
legislation
is
nearly
complete,
Lula
said
that
ministers
and
officials
on
the
study
panel…
