'Natural born' politico Lula says may run again in 2014

Brazil's popular outgoing President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, who hands power to his political ally Dilma Rousseff in less than two weeks, said yesterday he could run for office again in 2014.
"One can never say never," the 65-year old leader said in an interview on Brazilian television.
"I can't say I won't, because I'm alive, because I'm the leader of a political party (Brazil's Workers Party), and because I'm a natural born politician," he said.
Lula has a staggering 87 percent approval rating after eight years in office, but Brazil's constitution does not allow him to seek a third consecutive presidential term.
On January 1 he is to hand the reins over to his former cabinet chief Rousseff, his handpicked successor, who was elected in October.
In eight years in power, Lula was a driving force in raising Brazil's profile internationally and helping bring national prosperity to Latin America's biggest economy.
Rousseff, the first woman chosen to lead the country, has vowed to continue his policies, although she faces challenges from a fragile global economy, rising inflation, and infrastructure unable to keep up with Brazil's growth of over seven percent.