Sao Paulo, Aug 2, 2026 (AFP) - Brazil's Lula launches fourth term bid as Trump looms over campaign

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2026-08-02

At 80, President Lula on Sunday launches his bid for re-election, casting himself as a defender of Brazil's "sovereignty" as pressure from President 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 atten......

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