Brazil’s Lula marries at 76 ahead of presidential election in October

Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, Brazil’s former president and sociologist Rosangela Silva get married in Sao Paulo (Ricardo Stuckert/Lula 2022 Campaign Press Office via AP)

Former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, the front-runner heading into Brazil’s presidential election in October, has married in a ceremony that had a political touch.

The 76-year-old leftist politician, who was president in 2003-2010 and leads incumbent far-right President Jair Bolsonaro in all opinion polls, wed sociologist Rosangela Silva, 55, before 150 guests who sang his old and new campaign songs more than once.