200 guests and maximum discretion: this will be Lula’s marriage to sociologist Rosangela da Silva

The former Brazilian president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva marries this Wednesday in Sao Paulo with Rosangela da Silva, a sociologist 21 years younger that she could become first lady if he wins the October election.

It is the third marriage of Lula, widower twice.

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At 76 years old, he will say “yes” to “Janja”, a smiling 55-year-old woman, feminist and long-time militant of the leftist Workers’ Party (PT).

The bride and groom asked for maximum discretion from the nearly 200 guests planned for the weddingwhose location was only revealed to them the day before, through a QR code printed on the card.

Lula da Silva and his girlfriend Rosangela da Silva, known as “Janja”. (instagram).

In recent days, various rumors have circulated on social networks and columns about the cost of the party and the wines that will be served.

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Some supporters of far-right President Jair Bolsonaro, his main rival in the presidential elections, accused Lula of throwing an ostentatious party.

According to the channel CNN Brazil, the menu will consist of “typical Brazilian flavors”such as shrimp stew, crab dishes or rice with meat.

The party should last about nine hours, animated by a DJ and live music.

The bride’s dress was designed by Brazilian stylist Helo Rocha and, according to the local press, it is made of organza and handmade embroidery.

Lula’s future wife, affiliated with the PT since 1983, studied Sociology at the Federal University of Paraná and worked for almost twenty years for the Itaipú Binacional energy company in Curitiba (southern Brazil).

Although the Brazilian press affirms that both have known each other “for decades”, Lula’s advice assures that they began their relationship at the end of 2017.

But the romance was kept secret until May 2019, when Lula He had already been imprisoned for more than a year at the Curitiba Federal Police headquarters after being convicted of corruption in the Lava Jato case.

Rosangela actively participated in the camp that PT militants set up outside the prison demanding her freedom and went to look for him when he left, in November 2019.

Since Lula had his convictions annulled and was enabled to contest the election, he has accompanied him in several of his public appearances, including the launch of his candidacy this month in Sao Paulo.

Lulaborn into a poor family in the state of Pernambuco (northeast), was forged in political life through his union activity as a metal worker in Sao Paulo and governed the country between 2003 and 2010.

He married for the first time in 1969, with Maria de Lourdes da Silva, who died two years later from hepatitis and in 1974 with Marisa Leticia, with whom he had four children, who died in 2017 of a stroke.

Source: Elcomercio