Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's reelection campaign for the October election was officially confirmed by his Workers' Party. This will be his seventh race for the top job. This was reported by Qazaqyia.kz citing Associated Press.
The 80-year-old Lula's rival, Sen. Flavio Bolsonaro, has enjoyed open support from members of U.S. President Donald Trump's administration, Argentina's President Javier Milei and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
In his party convention speech, Lula said he wants to boost his country's defense industry, protect its rare minerals, and claimed "no Chinese, no American, no French will touch" these resources without respecting the South American nation's sovereignty.
"We will have to be much more daring to change a lot of things in this country," Lula said.
Other members of his party also highlighted key campaign themes.