Brazil’s Lula launches fourth-term bid, focuses on national sovereignty

Lula seeks to use Bolsonaro family ties with Trump to cast election as fight against submission to foreign interests.

Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said he was "in great shape" as he launched his candidacy for October elections, with pressure from US President Donald Trump's administration looming over the campaign.

Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, 80, said Sunday he was “in great shape” as he launched his candidacy for October elections, with pressure from US President Donald Trump’s administration looming over the campaign. Lula, a leftist titan of Latin American politics who is loved and despised in near-equal mea

Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has confirmed his candidacy for what is likely his last reelection bid

Brazil’s Lula launches reelection bid as concerns rise over foreign interference  AP News

In his bid for re-election, the leftist titan of Latin American politics is casting himself as a defender of Brazil's 'sovereignty.'