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With names like Gilberto Gil and Chico Buarque, the "Free Lula Festival" brought together more than 5,000 people this Saturday night in Rio de Janeiro to call for the release of former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, arrested for corruption since April and favorite for the October elections.
Young and old guard militants wearing a red T-shirt and paper masks in Lula's face gathered under Arcos da Lapa in central Rio de Janeiro, listening to several artists who performed a political act and cultural in favor of the leader of the left.
"It is often said that Lula attracts only the poor, who receive help from the Bolsa Família, but today it is proven that brazilian intellectuals support his freedom, because He was sentenced without evidence, "said public officer Sílvia Costa, 51.
The event began around 2 pm and is expected to end with the expected show of Chico and Gil
Chico and Gil have not played together since 1973, while the country was in the midst of a military dictatorship. It was also expected that Beth Carvalho and the funeral MC Carol, between others, will participate in this event, which ended up being called "Lulapalooza." Absent, Caetano Veloso, the other element of this trio of gold, is touring Europe.
Although "Lula free "echoed throughout the day, all were not there for the former president.I do not think I'm really in favor of Lula's cause, I think it's very difficult that he does not fly when almost everyone has fallen under his control, "said Gabriel Nascimento, a student.
"There is no equal leader in Lula all over Brazil, he is the only one able to turn the country around," said Imaculada Santos, a 50-year-old merchant. and one month in prison in Curitiba for bribery and money laundering. With five other cases pending, the former president defends his innocence and claims to be the victim of an elitist plot to return to power.
Although his candidacy for the presidency is most likely invalidated by the Electoral Court, he continues to direct all polls, followed by Right-wing MP Jair Bolsonaro
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