Tag: Lula da Silva

• Tuesday, September 27th 2022 - 10:45 UTC

  Brazil elections: Lula speaks of “useful” vote next Sunday

  

  Brazilian Presidential candidate and former head of state Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva Monday spoke in favor of “the useful vote” in next Sunday's elections and called on Brazilians not to stay at home.

• Friday, September 23rd 2022 - 09:28 UTC

  Brazil: Henrique Cardoso letter taken as message of support at Lula's camp

  

  A letter from former President Fernando Henrique Cardoso (FHC) was welcome Thursday in Brazil on the electoral campaign camp of another former head of state, the Workers' Party (PT) leader Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva, who remains on top of the voting intention list among all credible pollsters to defeat the incumbent Jair Bolsonaro next month.

• Thursday, September 22nd 2022 - 20:03 UTC

  Brazil: Nine Lula supporters killed as structure collapses during political meeting

  

  Nine people were killed in Brazil as a structure collapsed late Tuesday during a political meeting in the State of Sao Paulo. The victims were supporters of former President Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva, while 31 others were reported to have been injured, it was reported Wednesday.

• Saturday, September 17th 2022 - 10:04 UTC

  Lula vows to tackle price of food if elected

  

  Former Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva (2003-2010), who remains the leading contender for next month's elections against the incumbent Jair Bolsonaro, said Friday that if he returns to the Planalto Palace, he will seek to lower the price of food.

• Wednesday, September 14th 2022 - 09:27 UTC

  Bolsonaro to retire from politics if not reelected

  

  Brazil's incumbent President Jair Bolsonaro has announced he would retire from politics if he fails to be reelected next month, when, according to all polls, he trails former head of state Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva.

• Tuesday, September 13th 2022 - 10:02 UTC

  Marina Silva announces support for Lula after years away from PT

  

  Environmentalist leader Marina Silva Monday warned that democracy was at stake in next month's elections as she announced her support for former President Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva of the Workers' Party (PT) against the incumbent Jair Bolsonaro.

• Monday, September 12th 2022 - 10:15 UTC

  Bolsonaro not allowed to use Independence Day celebrations for political gain

  

  Brazil's Superior Electoral Court (TSE) Justice Benedito Goncalves partially granted a petition from former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva requesting incumbent President Jair Bolsonaro be banned from using images of the September 7 celebrations for his own political campaign ahead of next month's elections.

• Friday, September 9th 2022 - 17:09 UTC

  Lula likens Bolsonaro's Independence Day ceremony to the Ku Kux Klan

  

  Former Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva likened the incumbent Jair Bolsonaro's Independence Day parade (Sept. 7) to a Ku Klux Klan show in which the current head of state just “lacked the hood.”

• Friday, September 2nd 2022 - 10:29 UTC

  Foreign leaders condemn attack against Argentine VP

  

  Foreign leaders have expressed their support to Argentine Vice President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner who survived an assassination attempt late Thursday after the gun pointed at her head failed to fire.

• Monday, August 29th 2022 - 10:48 UTC

  Presidential debate in Brazil almost ends up in a fistfight

  

  Former Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva and the incumbent Jair Bolsonaro took center stage Sunday in a TV presidential debate featuring all candidates due to participate in the upcoming October 2 elections.