Lula, 80, Starts New Presidential Run at the Stadium Where His Career Began

Lula, 80, Starts New Presidential Run at the Stadium Where His Career Began

At 80, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva launched his campaign for a fourth term as Brazil's president on August 16 at Vila Euclides stadium — where his political career began with factory worker strikes in 1979. He vowed the "shameless" right would not return to power. Lula faces Senator Flávio Bolsonaro, son of jailed former president Jair Bolsonaro, in October's election.

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