Inauguration of Lula da Silva as president of Brazil, live

The day has come.

Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is sworn in on January 1 as the new president of Brazil.

It is the beginning of his third term and the consummation of a political resurrection after his time in prison.

The most recognized leader of the Latin American left, 77 years old, returns to power to end four years of ultra-right drift.

Brasilia welcomes him with a great popular demonstration.

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Poverty, political polarization and international image: Lula assumes an agenda full of challenges

Federico Rivas Molina

Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva begins his third term this Sunday, January 1, the most decisive of his political career.

He knows that his image in history will depend on what he does or doesn't do over the next four years.

The challenges he will face starting Monday are enormous.

The outgoing president, Jair Bolsonaro, leaves a scorched earth on issues as important as political coexistence, democratic quality, international relations or the fight against climate change.

The largest democracy in Latin America also carries the burden of an economy that is not growing enough and adds more and more poor people.

More than 30 million people are hungry in Brazil and depend on state aid to live.

ACT.1 JAN 2023 - 13:51

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Supporters of Lula, in the Esplanade of the Ministries, in Brasilia.

/ DOUGLAS MAGNO / AFP

The Esplanade of the Ministries is for the PT

There are four hours to go before the start of the official ceremony and the administrative heart of Brasilia, the scene of Lula's inauguration, is little by little dyed red, the color of the Workers' Party.

People have come from all the states of Brazil, in some cases traveling thousands of kilometers by car (Brazil is a huge country) to see Lula president for the third time. 

ACT.1 JAN 2023 - 13:45

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International presence

19 heads of state will participate in the inauguration ceremony of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, who will be joined by representatives of 120 countries.

Most of the presidents of South America will be in Planalto.

Nicolás Maduro will be missing, despite being invited by Lula.

The Bolsonaro government revoked the ban on the Venezuelan from entering the country, but this morning the Brazilian Foreign Ministry confirmed that there will be no travel from Caracas to Brasilia.

In his place will be the president of the National Assembly, Jorge Rodríguez.

The guest list includes the presidents of Argentina, Alberto Fernández;

from Colombia, Gustavo Petro;

from Chile, Gabriel Boric, from Portugal, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, or from Germany, Frank Walter Steinmeier.

Spain will be represented by King Felipe VI.

The delegation landed in Brasilia on Sunday morning and was received by the Second Vice President of the Government of Spain, Yolanda Díaz.

The Workers' Party assures that the number of international delegations triples that of 2019, when the far-right Jair Bolsonaro was sworn in as president.

The reinsertion of Brazil in the world is one of the priorities of Lula da Silva, who promised to put an end to the isolation process initiated by the outgoing president.

ACT.1 JAN 2023 - 13:45

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Lula da Silva

A hopeful Brazil gives Lula a new chance

Naiara Galarraga Gortazar

Four years after elevating a president who capitalized on anger against politicians and filled the government with the military, Brazil resumes this Sunday the path of the most classic politics with Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, 77 years old.

Former union leader and president between 2003 and 2010, he returns to the head of state with the promise that his compatriots will be happy again.

His priorities are to reactivate the economy, fight hunger, poverty and that the first Latin American power shine again on the international scene.

With him, the left returns to the Brazilian government after the traumatic impeachment, in 2016.

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Possession Program

The official agenda begins 15 minutes before 2:00 p.m. in Brasilia with the arrival at the Senate of the 17 heads of state invited to the ceremony.

At 2:30 p.m. there will be the traditional caravan of the president from the Cathedral to the headquarters of the Congress, where he will receive the attributes of command.

At 4:00 p.m., Lula will already be at the Planalto Palace, the seat of government in Brasilia.

On the Esplanade of the Ministries there will then be a show that will last until 3:00 in the morning on Monday. 

Here, the detail, always in Brazilian time. 

13:45 to 14:30 - Arrival of the Heads of State and Government, at Annex 1 of the Federal Senate;

1:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. - Arrival of authorities and guests to the White Room;

2:20 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. - Arrival of the elected President and Vice President of the Republic at the Metropolitan Cathedral of Brasilia;

2:30 p.m. - Departure of the procession from the Metropolitan Cathedral to the National Congress;

14:40 - Arrival of the President and Vice President of the Republic elected to the National Congress with a welcome from the Presidents of the National Congress and the Chamber of Deputies.

15:00 - Formal Session of Presidential Inauguration: Opening of the Formal Session;

Performance of the National Anthem;

Constitutional Commitment;

Reading and signing of the Mandate Period of the elected President and Vice President of the Republic;

Declaration of the President of the Republic;

Declaration of the President of the National Congress;

and Closing of the Solemn Session.

15:50 - Transfer of the President and Vice President of the Republic to the Hearing Room of the Presidency of the Senate.

16:00 - Departure of the President and Vice President of the Republic from the Audience Room of the Presidency of the Senate towards the exterior of the Palace.

16:05 - Beginning of the exterior ceremony of military honors.

16:20 - Departure of the President and Vice President of the Republic to the Planalto Palace.

ACT.1 JAN 2023 - 13:46

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Hello!

How do you feel today?

The new president of Brazil has greeted all Brazilians very early with a tweet on his official account.

He received the new year in a hotel in the capital, accompanied by his family.

His followers came to the place to experience it from the street.

On several occasions, Lula and his wife, Janja, came out on the balcony to say hello. 

ACT.1 JAN 2023 - 13:46

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Lula da Silva, President

Good morning to all.

We begin the direct of the assumption of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva as president of Brazil.

The leftist leader begins his third term in the midst of great expectations.

People have been out in the streets in Brasililia since very early, chanting "Lula, Lula" and honking their car horns.

They approach the Esplanade of the Ministries, where the inauguration acts will take place.

The capital of Brazil awaits a great party. 

ACT.1 JAN 2023 - 13:46

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