Rebuilding bridges: Former president’s mission to defeat Bolsonaro in Brazil

Twenty years after being elected, leftwinger Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is gearing up for an electrifying bid to regain power

Former Brazilian president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is set to make a globe-trotting start to 2022 as he ramps up his campaign to defeat Brazil's far-right leader, Jair Bolsonaro, with a series of international trips to the US, China, Russia and Mexico.

Twenty years after being elected Brazil's first working-class president, in 2002, the veteran leftwinger is gearing up for an electrifying bid to reclaim power in next October's presidential election.