Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva wasn’t going down without a fight. And his fans weren’t ready to give up on him. Here, marching down Sao Paulo’s most iconic avenue, they were bearing witness to what may turn out to be the last rally by the most defining figure of Latin America’s left.
On Saturday, hours before Brazilians head to the polls to choose their next leader, the 80-year-old president drew hundreds of thousands to show up for him. It was a sea of red-clad supporters that were chanting, dancing and raising their hands in the air to form the letter L, all for a man who’s been at the center of the nation’s politics for the past four decades.
