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Lula's third term: From prison to power, can he unite a divided Brazil?

Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, better known as Lula, has thanked the people of Brazil for his election victory. It marks a miraculous political comeback for the man who was elected president twice before being sent to prison over a corruption scandal, then released and allowed to stand again. Lula stands on the brink of his third term as Brazil's president. Can he unite a country bitterly divided by this presidential election?

Produced by Yi Song, Guillaume Gougeon and Raphael Mecattaf


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