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Montevideo, December 26th 2024 - 17:45 UTC

Tag: Lula da Silva

  • Thursday, August 4th 2022 - 09:55 UTC

    Brazil: Subsidies help Bolsonaro narrow electoral gap from Lula

    Lula is ahead among people putting the economy above all other concerns, while Bolsonaro leads within groups focused on violence and security

    Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro's popularity among lower-class people was on the rise 2 months ahead of the elections, according to a survey released Wednesday.

  • Wednesday, July 27th 2022 - 21:19 UTC

    Future Colombian VP meets with Lula in Brazil

    He “expressed his love for Colombia and his desire to support us in achieving peace and the well-being of the Colombian people,” Márquez wrote about Lula on Twitter.

    Former Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva of the Workers' Party (PT) welcomed Colombia's Vice President-elect Francia Márquez, who is on a South American tour before taking office on Aug.7.

  • Tuesday, July 26th 2022 - 23:15 UTC

    Bolsonaro closes in on Lula but still poses no electoral threat

    Bolsonaro may not be closing in on Lula fast enough, but at least the CPI's findings against him were dropped

    Former President Luiz Inacio Lula Da Silva's lead over the incumbent Jair Bolsonaro has been reported to be at its lowest in the last 13 months, ahead of the Oct. 2 elections.

  • Tuesday, July 26th 2022 - 10:25 UTC

    Lula's team wants Bolsonaro's party fined for improper ad spending

    Lula's team argued that the PL exceeded the expenses allowed for in the pre-campaign period. Photo: EFE

    A group of political parties supporting the candidacy of former President Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva to return to the Planalto Palace after the October elections, Monday requested the Superior Electoral Court (TSE) to fine incumbent President Jair Bolsonaro's Liberal Party (PL) for what they considered was illegal campaign spending.

  • Thursday, July 21st 2022 - 21:27 UTC

    Brazil of Hope alliance makes Lula's candidacy official

    A most recent poll by the Quaest agency showed Lula ahead with 45 % of the votes, followed by Bolsonaro's 31% and Gomes' 8%

    A coalition including the Workers' Party (PT) of Brazil Thursday launched the presidential ticket of Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva and Geraldo Alckmin for the October 2 elections, where incumbent President Jair Bolsonaro is the man to beat samwichxdsf

  • Thursday, July 21st 2022 - 09:41 UTC

    Brazilian conservatives want Temer to join presidential race

    Temer left office with a 7% approval rating and is not quite appealing to the large masses

    While the upcoming presidential elections seemed an inevitable clash between the incumbent rightwing Jair Bolsonaro and the former PT Lula Da Silva, Brazilian media rocked the political stage Wednesday with rumors that former President Michel Temer might join the race on behalf of the conservative Brazilian Democratic Movement (MDB).

  • Thursday, July 21st 2022 - 07:13 UTC

    Brazilians will again eat three meals a day, vowed Lula

    “Poor people were not born to be poor all their lives,” Lula told his supporters

    Former Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula Dda Silva Wednesday said during a visit to his native state of Pernambuco that people in his country will go back to eating at least three meals a day if he beats the incumbent Jair Bolsonaro in the Oct. 2 elections.

  • Monday, July 18th 2022 - 08:09 UTC

    CFK pushes for universal income for Argentines

    CFK is counting on Lula's return to power to develop her strategies

    Argentine Vice President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (CFK) has been reportedly pressing Economy Minister Silvina Batakis to move forward with a proposal to create the so-called Basic Universal Wage (BUW), as a way out of the current scheme of handouts in the form of endless unemployment subsidies.

  • Friday, July 8th 2022 - 22:45 UTC

    Lula now wears bulletproof vests during political rallies

    For Senator Randolfe Rodrigues, one of Lula's campaign coordinators, much of the encouragement for these attacks comes from Bolsonaro

    Former Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva began wearing a bullet-proof vest during a mass rally Thursday evening in Rio de Janeiro after a homemade explosive device containing excrements blew up, although nobody was injured.

  • Saturday, July 2nd 2022 - 10:45 UTC

    Lula claims Bolsonaro “buying” people with cash handouts

    “In four years, we will have young people contesting elections,” Lula argued

    Former two-time Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva said the incumbent Jair Bolsonaro was “buying the people” with cash handouts which were approved barely three months ahead of the Oct. 2 elections and also with a proposed amendment to the Constitution to extend social welfare programs.