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Brazilian labor leaders Artur Henrique and Marcio Pochmann share their thoughts on the continuing danger of the far right in Brazil.

Brazilians will vote in presidential elections on October 2 amid unprecedented levels of political violence. The frontrunners in the battle to lead Latin America’s largest democracy and its largest economy are bitter rivals embodying starkly opposing values. Former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is on a mission to save Brazil from a far-right dictatorship. The incumbent, Jair Messias Bolsonaro, claims to be saving the country from communism and has threatened not to respect the vote if 'red outlaws' return to power.

“An emotional relationship binds me with the Lula Institute,” said CFK. Former Argentine President and current Vice President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (CFK) and former Brazilian President Luis Inacio Lula Da Silva Friday agreed to join forces for the future of the region. In a meeting online, Lula and CFK virtually signed the Cooperation Framework Agreement between the Argentine leader's Instituto Patria and the Brazilian's Instituto Lula in the context of the seminar “Challenges of Sovereign Foreign Policy in Latin America.” Fernández highlighted the fact ...

by Yanis Iqbal / April 5th, 2021 SAO BERNARDO DO CAMPO, BRAZIL – MARCH 10: Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, Brazil’s former president, speaks during a press conference after convictions against him were annulled at the Sindicato dos Metalurgicos do ABC on March 10, 2021 in Sao Bernardo do Campo, Brazil. (Photo by Alexandre Schneider/Getty Images) On January 24, 2018, in Porto Alegre, Lula was tried at the Federal Court of Appeals for the Fourth Region (TRF-4), which confirmed the decision of Judge Sergio Moro and sentenced him to twelve years and one month in prison. According to the Clean Reco...