President, 80, vows to keep far-right from power as Flávio Bolsonaro tells supporters he will ‘fight this system’
Brazil’s leftwing president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, has launched his campaign for a historic fourth term and vowed that as long as he lived he would not allow the “shameless” right to return to power.
Addressing a sea of supporters in São Bernardo do Campo, the industrial city where his political career began nearly half a century ago, the 80-year-old politician reminded voters of the chaos and violence that unfolded during the 2018-22 presidency of his far-right predecessor, Jair Bolsonaro, whose son Flávio Bolsonaro will face Lula in October’s presidential election.
Continue reading...This article was originally published by The Guardian and written by Tom Phillips in São Bernardo do Campo.
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