{"id":521775,"date":"2026-08-16T16:48:52","date_gmt":"2026-08-16T20:48:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/?p=521775"},"modified":"2026-08-16T16:48:57","modified_gmt":"2026-08-16T20:48:57","slug":"lula-launches-reelection-campaign-in-birthplace-of-his-political-career","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/international\/lula-launches-reelection-campaign-in-birthplace-of-his-political-career\/","title":{"rendered":"Lula launches reelection campaign in birthplace of his political career"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Brazilian President <strong>Luiz In\u00e1cio Lula da Silva officially launched his campaign for reelection<\/strong> on Sunday at a historic event in S\u00e3o Bernardo do Campo, S\u00e3o Paulo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The event, titled <strong>\u201cWhere It All Began,\u201d<\/strong> was held at the 1\u00ba de Maio Stadium in Vila Euclides, a location closely associated with the beginning of Lula\u2019s political career as a labor leader during the major ABC Paulista strikes of the late 1970s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lula took the stage after speeches by S\u00e3o Paulo governor candidate <strong>Fernando Haddad<\/strong>, Vice President <strong>Geraldo Alckmin<\/strong>, First Lady <strong>Ros\u00e2ngela Janja da Silva<\/strong> and federal lawmaker <strong>Benedita da Silva<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">During his speech, Lula reflected on his political journey and said he was seeking another term in office. He also declared that, <strong>\u201cwhile I am alive,\u201d<\/strong> he would continue fighting and would not allow the political right to return to power.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Meanwhile, Senator <strong>Fl\u00e1vio Bolsonaro<\/strong> launched his own electoral campaign at an event on Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brazilian President Luiz In\u00e1cio Lula da Silva officially launched his campaign for reelection on Sunday at a historic event in S\u00e3o Bernardo do Campo, S\u00e3o Paulo. The event, titled \u201cWhere It All Began,\u201d was held at the 1\u00ba de Maio Stadium in Vila Euclides, a location closely associated with the beginning of Lula\u2019s political career [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":521776,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[95],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-521775","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-international"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/phj1q1-2bJJ","jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/IMG_4558.jpeg","dum_api":{"author_name":"Edith B\u00e1ez","author_image":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/cropped-WhatsApp-Image-2026-08-11-at-11.09.56-AM-96x96.jpeg","categories_name":["International"],"featured_media_url":"https:\/\/cdn.deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/IMG_4558.jpeg"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/521775","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=521775"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/521775\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/521776"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=521775"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=521775"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=521775"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}