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Topic: Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva

Former President of Brazil Jair Bolsonaro reacts during the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) on July 7, 2024 in Camboriu, Brazil. (Pedro H. Tesch/Getty Images)

Bolsonaro indicted over coup attempt

Nicholas Liu
A person carries vegetables and fruits through a flooded street after the overflow of the Guaiba river at downtown on May 5, 2024 in Porto Alegre, Brazil. (Matheus Piccini/Getty Images)

Death toll from floods in Brazil hits 83

Matthew Rozsa
U.S. President Donald Trump and Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro leave a joint news conference in the Rose Garden at the White House March 19, 2019 in Washington, DC (Jim Lo Scalzo-Pool/Getty Images)

Jair Bolsonaro challenges election loss

Brett Wilkins - Common Dreams
Brazilian former President (2003-2010) and candidate for the leftist Workers Party (PT) Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva waves at supporters while leaving the polling station, during the presidential run-off election, in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on October 30, 2022. (CARL DE SOUZA/AFP via Getty Images)

Lula vows to halt deforestation

Blanca Begert - Grist
Supporters of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva break into tears as official vote count shows him as the winner of Brazil's presidential runoff election on Oct. 30, 2022, in Rio de Janeiro. (Joao Laet/Getty Images)

"Brazil of hope": Lula beats Bolsonaro

Brett Wilkins - Common Dreams
Supporters of former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva celebrate after he left the Federal Police Headquarters, where he was serving a sentence for corruption and money laundering, in Curitiba, Parana State, Brazil, on November 8, 2019. (Henry Milleo/AFP via Getty Images)

"An extraordinary day"

Eoin Higgins - Common Dreams