Former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva - in government from 2003 to 2010 and candidate for a third term in the elections on October 2 - married sociologist Rosangela da Silva in a luxury venue in Sao Paulo, where it took place a highly armored ceremony that saw the participation of selected politicians and artists.
Among the guests, former president Dilma Rousseff (in office from 2011 to August 2016) and Geraldo Alckmin, former bitter political opponent of Lula, who is now a candidate for vice president in case of victory of the former trade unionist.
Lula's wedding, less than five months before the presidential elections, was seen as an electoral operation by some analysts: the former left-wing president - they underline - would be trying to present himself to potential voters in a guise of "peace and love. ", in contrast to the more aggressive attitude of his direct rival, the current right-wing leader Jair Bolsonaro, seeking re-election.
Lula, 76, and his new 55-year-old wife made their relationship official in 2018, when the politician was serving a sentence for corruption in prison in Curitiba as part of the 'Lava Jato' investigation, the Brazilian Mani Pulite.