Brazil's Lula launches presidential bid from jail as thousands march in support

Lula plans to run again but judges say corruption conviction makes him ineligible – opening door to far-right Jair Bolsonaro

As thousands of his supporters rally in Brazil’s capital city on Wednesday, former president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva will officially register his candidacy for October’s presidential election from behind bars.

Official campaigning in Brazil’s most unpredictable election in decades begins on Friday with almost half the electorate still undecided.

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