Brazil’s Lula Calls for Free Election, Alternation of Power in Venezuela
- His party has backed socialist regime that started with Chavez
- Lula says he would like to renegotiate EU-Mercosur trade deal
Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, Brazil's former president, speaks during a campaign event at Vale do Anhangabau in Sao Paulo on Aug. 20
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Brazil’s presidential front-runner Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva defended free elections with alternation of power in Venezuela, moderating his party’s traditional support of the socialist regime that started with Hugo Chavez in 1999.
The former Brazilian president, who during his two terms in office developed a close relationship with the late Chavez, said on Monday he wishes Venezuela to be “as democratic as possible” so the result of its elections is accepted by all.