Brazil's president will run for a fourth term: I'm 80, but I have the energy of a 30-year-old

Lula da Silva, who returned to the presidency in 2023 after defeating extreme right president Jair Bolsonaro, confirmed his decision during a speech in Indonesian capital, Jakarta, broadcasts tch.

I'm almost 80 years old, but you can be sure I have the same energy I had when I was 30. And I will run for a fourth term in Brazil”, Lula announced, who celebrates her birthday Monday.

Although approaching the 80s, Lula certainly remains the most influential figure on Brazilian left, notes Guardian, a position the former union leader has enjoyed for the past 40 years.

If elected, he will be 85 when he completes his fourth term and will have become Brazil's only democraticly elected president, who has spent 16 years in office.

Joe Biden's catastrophic campaign for 2024, which the president abandoned in the midst of a debate with Donald Trump, has left Brazilians questioning the eighty-year-old Lula's decision to request another mandate.

But Fernando Morais, a biographer and friend of Lula, insisted that the Brazilian president, who goes to the gym, is in excellent physical and mental condition. In fact, he hasn't had a cigarette since he quit after beating throat cancer nearly 15 years ago. /Periscope/