Brazil’s Lula launches fourth-term bid, focuses on national sovereignty
Lula seeks to use Bolsonaro family ties with Trump to cast election as fight against submission to foreign interests.

Lula seeks to use Bolsonaro family ties with Trump to cast election as fight against submission to foreign interests.




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