Gilberto Gil and Chico Buarque claim the freedom of Lula



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A large crowd gathered this Saturday to enjoy the festival and call for the release of Brazilian ex-president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva .

Artists, intellectuals and social movements call for a vacation to Rio de Janeiro, to defend the democracy and freedom of former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.

A musical concert was offered free this Saturday by 42 Brazilian singers and he gathered a crowd in Rio de Janeiro (Southeast of Brazil)

According to the chronicle of TeleSur, the "Lula Libre Festival" has filled the tourist place of Los Arcos da Lapa, in the center of the Brazilian city, and mobilized a large part of the artistic clbad in defense of the exmandatario, who remains in prison since April 7, date when he was sentenced to 12 years in prison for alleged corruption.

The concert featured the presence of the famous artist Gilberto Gil and Chico Buarque, two historical representatives of Brazilian popular music, who played together for the last time in 1973, during the military dictatorship.

Gil, one of the representatives of the cultural and musical movement known as Tropicalismo, arrived to be Minister of Culture of Lula

This event was a cultural and political event for the defense of democracy and against the Arrest of the former president, considered a political prisoner by a large part of the population and victim of persecution by the judges. He was sentenced without evidence to prevent him from returning to the presidency.

Despite his detention, Lula is the main favorite of the upcoming presidential elections, since the latest polls attribute a favoritism of 33%, more that has its main rival, the far-right MP Jair Bolsonaro (15%).

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