BREAKING: Brazil’s Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has been sworn in as president, assuming office for the third time after thwarting outgoing incumbent Jair Bolsonaro’s reelection bid. Lula was previously president from 2003-2010.
Claúdio Arantes, a 68-year-old pensioner, carried an old Lula campaign flag on his way to the esplanade. The lifelong Lula supporter attended his 2003 inauguration, and agreed that this time feels different.
Lula and his supporters have maintained he was railroaded. Others were willing to look past possible malfeasance as a means to unseat Bolsonaro and bring the nation back together. Lula’s incoming Justice Minister, Flávio Dino, this week called for federal authorities to put an end to the “antidemocratic” protests, calling them “incubators of terrorists.”
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