Brazil’s Lula launches historic fourth term bid – but son of jailed Bolsonaro stands in his way

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President, 80, vows to keep far-right from power as Flávio Bolsonaro tells supporters he will ‘fight this system’

Brazil’s leftwing president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, has launched his campaign for a historic fourth term and vowed that as long as he lived he would not allow the “shameless” right to return to power.

Addressing a sea of supporters in São Bernardo do Campo, the industrial city where his political career began nearly half a century ago, the 80-year-old politician reminded voters of the chaos and violence that unfolded during the 2018-2022 presidency of his far-right predecessor, Jair Bolsonaro, whose son, Flávio Bolsonaro, Lula will face in October’s presidential election.

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Source: Theguardian.com

Original source: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/aug/16/lula-brazil-president-fourth-term-jair-flavio-bolsonaro

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