Brazil’s Lula comes out swinging at Jair Bolsonaro in return to politics

Brazil’s former leader Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva made his return to politics on Wednesday with a virulent attack on President Jair Bolsonaro and his “imbecile” handling of the coronavirus pandemic.Lula, who led Brazil from 2003 to 2010, has emerged as a leading contender to face the far-right incumbent in presidential elections next year, after a Supreme Court justice annulled the popular but tarnished leftist’s corruption convictions on Monday, reinstating his right to run for office.In his…

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