PoliticsBrazil’s Lula, 80, says he is ‘in great shape’ as he launches reelection bid

Brazil’s Workers’ Party has formally endorsed President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva for another run at the presidency. At 80, Lula says he is in great shape as he begins what is expected to be his final reelection campaign. The endorsement sets up an October election. Concerns about foreign influence and an unusually internationalized campaign are increasingly shaping the contest.

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