Brazil: Lula says that Biden is a “stimulus” to try to be re-elected in 2026

The Brazilian President, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silvaaffirmed this Thursday that the candidacy for re-election of his US counterpart, Joe Bidenit is “a stimulus” for him to try to renew his term in 2026, when he will be about 81 years old.

“When I went to Hiroshima” for the G7 meeting “I met President Biden and asked him if it was true that he was going to run” for the 2024 elections. He told me: ‘Yes, I am going to do it.’ This is an encouragement for me, because I am younger than him, ”Lula said in a preview of the interview she gave to SBT.

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Lula is currently 77 years old and has just completed the first six months of his third termsince he previously governed in two periods, between 2003 and 2010, while Biden, 80, has announced his intention to contest the Democratic primaries for the 2024 elections.

The Brazilian progressive leader assured in the last electoral campaign that I would not seek to repeat my mandate in 2026, but since he took power on January 1, he has left the door open to contest re-election.

In February, he suggested that depending on the country’s economic situation, he would consider being a candidate for the Presidency again. and now he mentioned Biden as an “encouragement” to try.

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However, he stressed that talking about his possible candidacy at this time “It would be irresponsible.”

“It is important that we have a lot of patience, a lot of care. I will not allow my ministers to do politics ahead of time” and they will only be able to do so from “March-April 2026”, Lula asserted.

In this context, he indicated that he “works hard” so that his government has a candidate in 2026, although in the excerpt of the interview advanced by SBT, he does not specify if he is talking about him or any of his ministers.

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For the 2026 presidential elections, the former president will not be able to present himself Jair Bolsonaro, Lula’s biggest political adversary and who lost re-election last year to the progressive leader.

Bolsonaro, leader of the extreme right, was disqualified for eight years by the Superior Electoral Tribunal (TSE), which convicted him of “abuse of political power” in the 2022 elections, for undertaking a harsh smear campaign against the electoral system and the democratic institutions.

Source: Elcomercio

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