Brazil's Lula launches fourth term bid as Trump looms over campaign
President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has built his reelection strategy around defending Brazilian sovereignty and reminding voters of his four decades as the country's most consequential political figure (AFP)
At 80, President Lula launches his bid for re-election on Aug. 2, casting himself as a defender of Brazil's "sovereignty" as pressure from Donald Trump's administration casts a shadow over the campaign.
Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, a leftist titan of Latin American politics who is loved and despised in near-equal measure in Brazil, will launch his seventh bid for the presidency at a convention of his Worker's Party (PT) in Sao Paulo.
The former metalworker and unionist made a dramatic comeback when he returned to power three years ago after a stint in jail on corruption charges that were later dismissed and two previous terms from 2003 to 2010.
