Leftist leader Luiz Inacio “Lula” da Silva has been sworn in as president of Brazil under tightened security after alleged threats of violence by supporters of his far-right predecessor Jair Bolsonaro.

The ceremony in Congress began at 3pm (18:00 GMT) on Sunday, after which Lula was due to go to the Planalto Palace to don the presidential sash before a crowd of 30,000 supporters. Some 300,000 more were expected to gather to celebrate on Brasilia’s esplanade.


Foreign dignitaries, including 17 heads of state, will be in attendance. Among them will be the king of Spain and the presidents of Germany, Portugal, and a raft of Latin American countries.

Lula, 77, narrowly defeated Bolsonaro in October to win an unprecedented third presidential term after a hiatus that saw him spend a year and a half behind bars on corruption convictions that were later overturned.

In his previous years as the president of the Workers’ Party (PT) from 2003 to 2010, the former union leader lifted millions of Brazilians out of poverty during a commodity boom that buoyed the economy.

“It is a comeback for the ages and Lula’s political projecture has been a trajectory of improbable accomplishments,” Gustavo Ribeiro, founder of the Brazilian Report, told Al Jazeera.


“He was a poverty migrant, worked as a shoe shiner, worked on a factory floor then rose to union leader. He lost three presidential races before he won two terms,” he said..


Lula has promised, in his words, to “make Brazil happy again”. But he faces many hurdles, from rising poverty to public services in crisis, including lack of investment in education and healthcare.


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Eku promise

ojun50:
Eku promise

Lula nor be buhari, his is tested and trusted

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Congrats to him, he has a lot of work to do, he needs to unite a polarised Brazil

God1000:
Congrats to him, he has a lot of work to do, he needs to unite a polarised Brazil

That's true

walkbrazil4k:


That's true

former president jair Bolsonaro didn't do enough to foster national integration

God1000:
former president jair Bolsonaro didn't do enough to foster national integration

On point

Democracy in action.

Good riddance to Bolsanaro who oversaw the fastest deforestation of the Amazon in his 4 year term.

A president who refused to wear a mask. The church and politics never mix but they no go ever gree, especially the Pentecostals. That's how they favored a notorious demagogue called Trump.

Tdotbluejays1:
Democracy in action.

grandstar:
Good riddance to Bolsanaro who oversaw the fastest deforestation of the Amazon in his 4 year term.

A president who refused to wear a mask. The church and politics never mix but they no go ever gree, especially the Pentecostals. That's how they favored a notorious demagogue called Trump.

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grandstar:
Good riddance to Bolsanaro who oversaw the fastest deforestation of the Amazon in his 4 year term.

Kek, so what? Do you think that Lula will be better? Dude is a globalist puppet, he will sell Amazon for countries like France and USA.

Razoul:

Kek, so what? Do you think that Lula will be better? Dude is a globalist puppet, he will sell Amazon for countries like France and USA.

He has been there before and he oversaw an 80% reduction in the rate of deforestation.

Anyway, only God's kingdom can bring about a restoration of the earth to a paradise in which it originally was (Read Isaiah 11:1-9, Matthew 6:10, 2 Peter 3:13)

Brazilians only elect stupid politicians and after this they are victims of the same stupid politicians who elect

Razoul:

Kek, so what? Do you think that Lula will be better? Dude is a globalist puppet, he will sell Amazon for countries like France and USA.

Lula is a despreciable creature. He is false and corrupt. He don't care about Amazon jungle. He is not better than Bolsonaro. Leftist media portrays Lula the father of poor Brazilians, the best president of the century. But they are lies. Only poor people with low education support him. And Lula only won because offer more asistencialism. In Brazil a lot of people don't like work and enjoy survive by the money of the taxpayer. We call them parasites of the state. Parasites of the state don't understand that social benefit is a temporary help. They think that the state has an eternal obligation to support them. For this reason Lula won with 90% of votes in poorest states of Brazil.

bjnorl:


Lula is a despreciable creature. He is false and corrupt. He don't care about Amazon jungle. He is not better than Bolsonaro. Leftist media portrays Lula the father of poor Brazilians, the best president of the century. But they are lies. Only poor people with low education support him. And Lula only won because offer more asistencialism. In Brazil a lot of people don't like work and enjoy survive by the money of the taxpayer. We call them parasites of the state. Parasites of the state don't understand that social benefit is a temporary help. They think that the state has an eternal obligation to support them. For this reason Lula won with 90% of votes in poorest states of Brazil.

Yeah, I know. Also, let's be honest, who will really govern will be his vice

Razoul:


Yeah, I know. Also, let's be honest, who will really govern will be his vice

Yes. Brazilian vice president Geraldo Alckmin is corrupt also. He was the worst governor of the richest state of Brazil. Don't understand nothing about economy or rule a country. Awesome don't you think. Lula put a jerk to rule Brazil.

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