Brazil rivals Lula, Cardoso hold anti-Bolsonaro meeting
Issued on: 21/05/2021 - 21:18
Modified: 21/05/2021 - 21:17
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Rio de Janeiro (AFP)
Brazilian ex-presidents and longtime rivals Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and Fernando Henrique Cardoso said Friday they had met to discuss their shared opposition to current far-right President Jair Bolsonaro.
Leftist leader Lula (2003-2010), who is eying a run against Bolsonaro next year, confirmed on Twitter he and Cardoso, his centrist predecessor (1995-2002) and political enemy for decades, had met over lunch.
"The ex-presidents had a long conversation on Brazil, our democracy and the Bolsonaro government's negligence in fighting the pandemic," which has claimed nearly 450,000 lives in the country, Lula wrote.
He posted a picture of the pair exchanging a fist bump at the meeting last week in Sao Paulo, both wearing face masks -- a protective measure Bolsonaro has often shunned, along with much of the expert advice on containing Covid-19.
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