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Brazil's Lula on the road, eyes comeback despite graft conviction
Topic Started: Aug 22 2017, 05:46 AM (109 Views)
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#WORLD NEWS AUGUST 21, 2017 / 8:47 PM / 6 HOURS AGO

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LAGARTO, Brazil (Reuters) - Former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Monday accused Brazil's government of undoing social progress made during his years in office and vowed to restore it if he was allowed to run again next year.

During a three-week bus tour through impoverished northeastern Brazil, Lula lashed out at the austerity policies of President Michel Temer. He is on the road to boost his popularity in the face of corruption charges and possibly make a comeback.

At an unplanned stop where villagers blocked the road to welcome him, chanting "Out with Temer!", Lula said, "They are selling Brazil for scrap," referring to a government plan to sell public assets and infrastructure concessions.
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Lula da Silva: “The Globo Network was one of the Main Conspirators behind the Coup”
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The former President spoke exclusively to Brasil de Fato and said that we need to give hope to the people that a different Brazil is possible
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Brazil's Lula says party may field someone else in 2018
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PENEDO, Brazil (Reuters) - Former Brazilian president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva told Reuters on Wednesday that his recent conviction for corruption might mean that his Workers Party will have to field a candidate other than him in next year’s election.

In an interview during a marathon bus tour through Brazil’s impoverished northeastern states, Lula said the Brazilian government should spend its way out of its worst recession on record and even use some of its international reserves instead of cutting government programs that hurt the poor.

Lula’s 2003-11 government lifted millions from poverty and polls show he is still one of Brazil’s most popular politicians.


Brazil's Lula on the rise, but comeback likely out of reach
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MACEIÓ, Brazil (Reuters) - Thousands have turned out to see leftist former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on his marathon bus tour of impoverished northeast states, the region where Brazil’s first working-class leader was born and where he has maintained the most support.

Rural workers whose lives improved dramatically with Lula’s social programs swarmed his bus at every stop to greet the union leader born of an illiterate mother. Some, weeping, reached out to touch him as if he were a demigod.

The three-week tour is an unofficial launch of a possible campaign for next year’s presidential elections.


Lula Meets Naval and Oil Industries Workers
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Brasilia, Aug 25 (Prensa Latina) A meeting between workers and Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in defense of the naval and oil industries marks today the presence of the former Brazilian president in the state of Pernambuco.

Lula arrived in the northeastern Brazilian state on Thursday leading the Caravan of Hope, which will tour 25 cities in nine states until September 6.
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Lula Draws Biggest Crowd Yet and Blasts 'Sellout' Temer Government
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"Brazil was a source of pride, today that period is over and its leaders are demoralized – this pack of stray dogs," he told his supporters.
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Former Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva cheers supporters of Landless Workers Movement (MST) during a rally in the northeast. | Photo: Reuters
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