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Could Brazil’s Lula make a presidential comeback in 2022?

By France24
13 March 2021   |   8:58 am
In Brazil, a Supreme Court judge has annulled two of the corruption convictions hanging over former president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. The decision now puts him back in the political arena and, some say, on a new path to the presidency in next year's election. We take a closer look with FRANCE 24's Olivia Salazar-Winspear.

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