BRASILIA — Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva was sworn in as Brazil’s president on Sunday, delivering a searing indictment of far\u002Dright former leader Jair Bolsonaro…
In a speech to Congress after officially taking the reins of Latin America’s biggest country, the leftist said democracy was the true winner of the October presidential vote, when he ousted Bolsonaro in the most fraught election for a generation.Sign up to receive daily headline news from Ottawa Citizen, a division of Postmedia Network Inc.By clicking on the sign up button you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc.
Bolsonaro faces mounting legal risks for his anti-democratic rhetoric and his handling of the pandemic now that he no longer has presidential immunity. The former president’s Florida trip insulates him from any immediate legal jeopardy in Brazil. Lula said he wants to turn Brazil, one of the world’s top food producers, into a green superpower. He reinforced his commitment to ending deforestation in the Amazon, which surged to a 15-year high under Bolsonaro, and to revoking Bolsonaro’s looser gun policies, which prompted a sharp rise in gun ownership.PRESIDENTIAL SASH
Tens of thousands who had gathered to celebrate on Brasilia’s esplanade cheered as Lula wiped away tears.“No one is interested in a country on a permanent war footing, or a family living in disharmony,” Lula said. “There are not two Brazils. We are one country, one great nation.” Bolsonaro has seen his support among many former allies evaporate due to the anti-democratic protests.Article content
Lula’s election victory marked a stunning political comeback, winning an unprecedented third term after a hiatus that saw him spend a year-and-a-half behind bars.
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