Lula made an appeal to vote with the aim of preventing "what happened in Venezuela" from happening in Brazil. The comment was made during a campaign event.
The former president, at 80 years old, is running for his fourth non-consecutive term. He positioned himself as the ideal candidate for Brazil to be "a sovereign country, which has only one owner, which is the Brazilian people."
Lula, at 80 years old, seeks his fourth term and makes comparisons with Venezuela to mobilize voters, which directly influences the decision of millions of Brazilians in the upcoming elections. The comparison raises debates about national sovereignty and the country's political direction.
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