PORTRAIT. Lula, the “world’s most beloved leader” who wants to rule Brazil again | Abroad

Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (77) is expected to be re-elected as Brazilian president on Sunday. A man who was born so poor that at the age of seven he had never seen a loaf of bread. To become the world’s most popular leader — in the words of Barack Obama — he had to make compromises. With corrupt friends and with vile despots. Until the one in Russia.