[Spunky]

"How did they mispell his name?

Silva aides said the trip was pushed forward from Tuesday because of the St. Patrick's Day holiday -- making Latin America once again look like an afterthought. Then, the White House announcement misspelled his name as "Luis Ignacio" and put "Lula" -- a nickname that decades ago became a legal part of the Brazilian leader's name -- in quotes.

Correct name: Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva The White House quickly corrected the mistake.

[kenavi]

Correct name: Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva The White House quickly corrected the mistake.

For a layman, Portugese is deceptively close to Spanish, where the name is spelled "Ignacio".

Brazilians get rightly very offended when Americans ignore the language difference. A hundred and fifty million Brazilians, the most populous and biggest Latin American state, can't be wrong.