The rise, fall and rise of Lula

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🗓️ 30 September 2022

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva was a wildly popular president in Brazil, then went to prison on corruption charges. Now he's on the brink of an improbable comeback.

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0:00.0	Brazilians are heading to the polls on Sunday to choose between two very different candidates,
0:06.8	current President Jail Bolsonaro and a former one, Luis Inacio Lula da Silva, more popularly known as Lula.
0:15.9	Former Brazilian president, Luis Inacio Lula de de Silva has been convicted of corruption.
0:21.3	Where a judge ordered the Silva to turn himself into police within 24 hours to begin
0:26.4	serving a 12-year sentence.
0:28.6	Crowds cheered as he gave himself up, but just as many of his supporters try to block him
0:34.9	from leaving.
0:35.6	The former president has made sure.
0:37.7	Yep, that Lula.
0:39.8	Polls show that Lula is leading Bolsonaro by a lot,
0:42.6	and if Lula wins, it'll be a political comeback
0:45.8	like few others ever seen in Latin America.
0:53.4	I'm Gustavo Ariado.
0:55.1	You're listening to the Times, essential news from the LA Times.
0:59.2	It's Friday, September 30th, 2022.
1:02.4	Today, how the pandemic created an opening in Brazil for a popular, if polarizing leftist,
1:07.6	and how the populist incumbent, Bolsonaro Bolsonaro is trying to close it.
1:23.6	My colleague Kate Lintecum covers Latin America for the Times.
1:26.7	Kate, welcome.
1:27.8	It's good to be here.
1:29.2	So you were recently in Brazil covering the elections.
1:32.1	What's the latest?
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