Brazil: Lula formalizes his October presidential candidacy
Former President Lula at a meeting in Sao Paulo, May 7, 2022. AFP - NELSON ALMEIDA
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Former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva announced on Saturday May 7 that he would "
return to combat
" to run for a third term in the October election in order to "
rebuild
" the country, after the management “
irresponsible and criminal
” by Jair Bolsonaro.
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We are all ready to work not only for victory on October 2, but for the reconstruction and transformation of Brazil, which will be more difficult than victory in the election
," Lula, 76, announced during a meeting to launch his campaign in front of 4,000 supporters in Sao Paulo.
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