This past Sunday, having secured early release from prison with a court-ordered suspension of the charges against him, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva won Brazil’s Presidency for the third time.
A couple of hours after the polls closed, Lula appeared at a São Paulo hotel, where he gave a victory speech to a packed roomful of journalists and his election team. He thanked God, his wife, Janja, who was at his side, and several of his political allies for aiding him in his triumph.
As Lula spoke in Monday’s predawn darkness, his supporters, their arms raised in the air, laughed and shouted, and many cried with emotion. They raised a chant over and over: “Bolsonaro, shove it up your ass!” After Lula spoke, the popular singer Daniela Mercury joined him onstage. She belted out a few of her hits, and people danced and sang along.
By Tuesday morning, more roads had been blocked, and, here and there, truckers had been joined by groups of civilians who said that they would not leave until the military took over to guarantee the continuation of Bolsonaro’s Presidency. For most of Tuesday, the same surreal situation continued, but with fervid speculation about the eventual announcement that Bolsonaro would make.
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