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The Brazilian president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, is seeking to lunge and leg press his way to a historic fourth term, as the octogenarian politician uses a flurry of workout videos to convince voters he is fighting fit ahead of October’s crunch election.

Lula looks set to face off against a senator almost half his age in what will be the leftist’s seventh presidential campaign since he first sought Brazil’s top job in 1989, when he was 44.

Determined to show Lula is in fine fettle despite the passing years, allies have busied themselves publishing footage of the Worker’s party (PT) chief working out at the gym or taking a jog.

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[–] cecilkorik@lemmy.ca 1 points 20 minutes ago

Pugilism and strength training are not things I usually associate with progressive politics, but maybe he's practicing punching nazis, which is always acceptable, and unfortunately badly needed nowadays.

[–] morto@piefed.social 17 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

The rival they mention is bolsonaro's son, who is now leading the far right since his father was imprisoned and wants to turn Brazil into Trump's backyard. Despite being just half of Lula's age, he looks MUCH older than he actually is (seriously, he looks like a tractor passed over his face, made a u-turn and passed again when he tried to get up), and he's so incompetent that he wouldn't ever become someone politically relevant if not for his father's fame (who's also dumb and incompetent, but his son somehow manages to be even worse).

Yet, the far right propaganda is so massive through social media, religious leaders and influencers, that this vermin is tied with Lula in the polls...

[–] lemmyng@lemmy.world 6 points 2 hours ago

Fascism makes people ugly.