Tens of thousands who had gathered to celebrate on Brasilia's esplanade cheered as Lula wiped away tears.
was sworn in as Brazil’s president on Sunday, January 1, delivering a searing indictment of far-right former leader Jair Bolsonaro and vowing a drastic change of course to rescue a nation plagued by hunger, poverty and racism.
Lula, who was behind bars during Bolsonaro’s 2019 inauguration on graft convictions that were later overturned, delivered a veiled threat to his predecessor. In his first decisions as president, Lula restored the authority of the government’s environmental protection agency Ibama to combat illegal deforestation, which had been diluted by Bolsonaro, and revoked a measure that encouraged illegal mining on protected indigenous lands.
King Charles of Britain congratulated Lula on his return to office in a letter in which he offered to deepen cooperation with Brazil, especially on the environment. Tens of thousands who had gathered to celebrate on Brasilia’s esplanade cheered as Lula wiped away tears.“There are not two Brazils,” Lula said. “We are one country, one great nation.”
Bolsonaro has seen his support among many former allies evaporate due to the anti-democratic protests.
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