In Rio de Janeiro
His inimitable voice is even more hoarse, his beard has turned white, his disheveled hair has lightened.
But the energy, the combativeness, the political instinct of Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva seem unaltered.
The young and fiery trade union leader of the 1970s still sees in the 76-year-old politician, candidate for a third term at the head of Brazil, a new stage in an extraordinary life.
Who imagined two years ago that the emblematic figure of the Latin American left, sentenced to a twelve-year prison term for corruption, would today be the big favorite in the first round of the presidential election on Sunday against President Jair Bolsonaro, who wanted him to
"rot"
the rest of his life in a cell?
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