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Lula Activated PT Militancy with Events Across Brazil and a Social Media Broadcast
Three weeks before the election, the ruling party organized a nationwide day of support for the president in nearly the entire country. According to ABC Color, the call came amid tight polling and a campaign marked by the Banco Master case.
The Workers’ Party promoted a nationwide day of mobilization this Sunday with marches, rallies and meetings in cities across 26 of Brazil’s 27 states. According to ABC Color, the ruling party said 1,120 activities were held in support of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
The president did not take part in street events, but he did lead a social media broadcast in which he called for defending the pillars of his campaign, including national sovereignty, the fight against violence toward women, comprehensive education and the battle against organized crime.
In that intervention, Lula argued that the election will define the country’s direction and referred to the agreement between the Government of Delcy Rodríguez in Venezuela and the administration of Donald Trump. ABC Color noted that the president is thus seeking to reactivate his base at a time when, according to the polls, he is losing momentum to Senator Flávio Bolsonaro.
According to the latest Datafolha poll, released last Friday and cited by that outlet, Lula has 39% of voting intention, four points ahead of Bolsonaro, ahead of the first round on October 4. However, both are tied technically in a potential second round.
The mobilization had a smaller-than-expected reach because of the storm affecting the south of the country and, according to ABC Color, also had limited impact in the Brazilian press. One of the events took place on the Copacabana waterfront in Rio de Janeiro, where hundreds of militants, mostly dressed in red, gathered.
In statements cited by EFE and reproduced by ABC Color, participants in the event emphasized the defense of Brazilian sovereignty, workers’ rights and democracy. That slogan comes amid diplomatic tensions with the United States over tariffs on Brazilian products and with Javier Milei’s Argentina, over his support for Flávio Bolsonaro and his insults against Lula on Brazilian soil.
ABC Color added that in the final stretch of the campaign, public debate is dominated by the Banco Master scandal, a case that began in 2025 as a multimillion-dollar financial fraud and evolved into a political-judicial crisis. The Supreme Court lifted the secrecy of almost all parts of the case file, exposing the relationship between banker Daniel Vorcaro, former owner of the institution and currently in preventive detention, and senior authorities in Brasília.
Among those reached by the investigation are Supreme Court justices, Central Bank executives, political leaders and Flávio Bolsonaro himself, who is under investigation for corruption, money laundering and currency evasion. According to ABC Color, the suspicions surrounding the senator are linked to multimillion-dollar payments from Vorcaro that, in theory, were to finance a film about Jair Bolsonaro’s life, although the Police believe they may have benefited his family.
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