At 77, Luiz Inacio Lula Da Silva succeeds the far -right president, who left the country two days before the end of his mandate.
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Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva was invested on Sunday 1 er January, president of Brazil for the third time, after having taken oath before the Congress.
At 77, Lula succeeds the far -right president Jair Bolsonaro, who left the country two days before the end of his mandate and which the left icon was beaten in October. It is the first time since 1985 that outgoing president has decided not to guess his successor to the presidential scarf.
Up to 300,000 people were expected for this day in front of combining the pump, with ceremonies set to the millimeter to which must attend seventeen heads of state, and a popular festival with concerts. Under the blazing sun at the start of the southern summer, thousands of Brazilians, often dressed in the emblematic red of the Lula workers (PT), had to wait in the queues of hundreds of meters due to checks security, noted a journalist from the France-Presse agency (AFP).
A minute of silence must be observed in the congress in tribute to the Brazilian legend of football, Pelé, died Thursday, according to Veja magazine. Then, Lula will go to the presidential palace of the Planalto, an architectural jewel of Oscar Niemeyer, to receive the famous presidential scarf, set with gold and diamonds.
