Politics · Brazil · 7 hrs ago
Former ministers and FHC’s daughter back Lula’s re-election
Fifteen public figures signed a letter backing Lula’s re-election at an event in São Paulo on Saturday.
The signatories include former ministers, lawyers, environmentalists and Beatriz Cardoso, daughter of former president Fernando Henrique Cardoso.
Brazil’s presidential race is now in a second round between Lula and Senator Flávio Bolsonaro.
The letter says Lula offers better protection for democratic institutions, rights and social gains.
It warns that Bolsonaro’s political project could threaten those principles and Brazil’s international role.
Vice-President Geraldo Alckmin and former ministers Fernando Haddad, Simone Tebet and Marina Silva attended the event.
Lula and Bolsonaro are competing for votes ahead of the runoff, with campaign events continuing in São Paulo.
Fifteen people, including former ministers and Beatriz Cardoso, daughter of former president Fernando Henrique Cardoso, signed a letter supporting Lula’s re-election.
The letter was announced at an event in central São Paulo on Saturday.
It says Lula’s re-election offers better conditions to protect institutional balance, rights and freedoms, and dialogue across society.
The signatories warn that the project represented by Flávio Bolsonaro threatens those principles and social gains.
Vice-President Geraldo Alckmin and former ministers Fernando Haddad, Simone Tebet and Marina Silva attended the event.
- Who
- Fifteen signatories, including former ministers and Beatriz Cardoso, daughter of former president Fernando Henrique Cardoso.
- What
- They signed a letter supporting President Lula’s re-election.
- When
- Saturday, October 17, 2026.
- Where
- An event in central São Paulo, Brazil.
- Why
- The signatories say Lula’s re-election offers better conditions to protect democratic institutions, rights and social gains.
Letter signatories supporting Lula
Project represented by Flávio Bolsonaro
Democracy and institutions
Letter signatories supporting Lula
The signatories say Lula’s re-election offers better conditions to ensure institutional balance and protect rights and freedoms.
Project represented by Flávio Bolsonaro
The letter says Flávio Bolsonaro’s project threatens those principles.
Social policy
Letter signatories supporting Lula
The signatories support Lula as better placed to preserve social gains.
Project represented by Flávio Bolsonaro
The letter warns that Flávio Bolsonaro’s project intends to dismantle established social gains.
International relations
Letter signatories supporting Lula
The signatories favor maintaining Brazil’s multilateral international engagement.
Project represented by Flávio Bolsonaro
The letter warns of risks to Brazil’s multilateral international engagement.
A pro-Lula demonstration occupied 12 blocks of Avenida Paulista, according to Folha de S.Paulo.
Geraldo Alckmin, Fernando Haddad and Simone Tebet took part in a walk through Heliópolis in São Paulo.
Fifteen people signed a letter supporting Lula’s re-election at an event in central São Paulo.
Flávio Bolsonaro was due to attend a rally in his support on Avenida Paulista, according to Folha de S.Paulo.
- Signatories
- 15 people
- Event location
- Central São Paulo
- Letter’s title
- Pela democracia, pela estabilidade, pelo desenvolvimento com justiça social e ambiental e pelo Brasil
- Lula’s first-round vote share in São Paulo city
- 46.58%
- Flávio Bolsonaro’s first-round vote share in São Paulo city
- 42.13%
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What people are saying
o Brasil está diante de uma escolha que ultrapassa diferenças partidárias e preferências ideológicas
Ao mesmo tempo, vemos, no projeto representado por Flávio Bolsonaro, ameaças a esses princípios, intenções de desarticular patamares de conquistas sociais já consolidados e riscos à interlocução internacional multilateral consagrada pelo Brasil.
pessoas do campo democrático, mas não necessariamente dos partidos de esquerda
Não queremos o Brasil indo para a recessão, para o desemprego