Lula guilt by settlers 'delays in education of Brazil' and generates controversy in Portugal

Former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva sparked controversy in Portugal to hold the period of Portuguese colonization until 1822, the problems of the educational system in Brazil.
"I know this does not appeal to the Portuguese, but Christopher Columbus arrived in Santo Domingo (now the Dominican Republic) in 1492, and in 1507 had a university was established there. In Peru in 1550, Bolivia in 1624. In Brazil, the first university only started in 1922, "said the former president, for whom this delay" justify delays in education "Brazilian.
Lula's statement at a conference in Madrid on the night of Friday, generated a strong reaction from the Portuguese press as he crossed the border between the two Iberian countries.
The portal Observer, one of the main Portugal, joked the subject: "Brazilian ass? Blame it on (Peter) Alvares Cabral, says Lula. "
"Who is to blame for delays in education? It is the Portuguese, says Lula ", published in turn, the Daily News, the oldest Portuguese newspaper.
Among the subjects most talked about by the Portuguese social networks in recent days, Lula's statement continues to yield strong opinions in the European country.
In a text published in the late afternoon of Monday in Oje economic weekly site, columnist Diogo de Sousa-Martins says he "does not look good" to attempt to attribute "the burden of the Brazilian education system delay for a settlement that He left the country for nearly 200 years and that it inaugurated the higher education ".
Although the first Brazilian universities were only founded in the early 20th century, such as the University of Parana in 1912, and the University of Rio de Janeiro in 1920, during the colonial period there were higher education institutions in the country, such as the Royal Artillery Academy, fortification and Design, 1792, and the Faculty of Medicine of Bahia, created in 1808.