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Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva officially launched his bid to return to Brazil’s presidency more than a decade after he left office.
The widely expected announcement, marked by an official event in Sao Paulo, kicks off a new phase of the campaign,
in which Lula and his running mate Geraldo Alckmin will start traveling across the nation trying to gather broad support to defeat President Jair Bolsonaro in the October vote.
“The serious moment that the country is going through, one of the most serious in our history, forces us to overcome possible differences in order to build together an alternative path to the incompetence and authoritarianism that govern us,†Lula, 76, said at the event.
Lula’s speech focused on the recovery of Brazil’s sovereignty, its international role and the defense of democracy. He sought to attack recurring issues in Bolsonaro’s speeches, such as insinuations of institutional disruption. The candidate also vowed to defend the Amazon “from the current government’s policy of devastation.†“We want to return (to office) so that no one ever dares to challenge democracy again,†he said.