Lula breaks down in tears when talking about the increase in inequality in Brazil

The President of Brazil, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silvawho took office this Sunday, broke down in tears today in his first speech before the thousands of Brazilians gathered in Brasilia, when he spoke of the increase in inequality in the country.

“The return of hunger is a crime, the most serious of all, against the Brazilian people. It is the daughter of inequality, which is the mother of all the evils that hold Brazil back,” he said. Lula in the pulpit of the Presidential Palace of Planalto.

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The 77-year-old progressive leader was moved by citing the families that search for food among the “trash” and those who line up at the doors of the butcher shops to eat the leftovers and scrape the bones.

“Please help me…”said the former union leader through tears.

At that moment, the thousands of Brazilians gathered in the Plaza of the Three Powers sang in unison “Lulawarrior of the Brazilian people”.

“I assume the commitment before you to fight day and night all forms of inequalities in our country, income, gender, race, in the labor market, in political representation, in health, in education”listed.

He also claimed that “the richest 5% have the same percentage of wealth” than the remaining 95% of the country.

“No one will be a second class citizen”he asserted.

Lula He also paid tribute to the followers who kept vigil with him during the 580 days he was in prison, between 2018 and 2019, for corruption convictions that were later annulled by the Supreme Court.

The progressive leader referred to his time in prison as “the most difficult moment of his life”but that the investiture this Sunday is one of the “happiest”.

Source: Elcomercio

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