The wedding of Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, the former president of Brazil, was covered in the international press this Thursday (19). Newspapers and magazines detail the ceremony, deal with the bride’s profile, and present the event with a “marriage truce” before the election run.

french newspaper Le Monde Noting that the bride and groom asked for maximum discretion from the approximately 200 guests for the ceremony, he states that the wedding was kept a secret until the last minute. The location of the party was announced only on the eve of the event, via a QR Code printed on the invitation.

“A common sense desire that contradicts the two’s many declarations of love. [noivos] “However, shortly before the ceremony, Lula’s Instagram account posted a photo of the bride in a star-studded gown in honor of the labor party”, details Le Monde.

While the French newspaper maintains information from the Brazilian press Le Figaro He cited the names of some present, such as former president Dilma Rousseff, former governor Geraldo Alckmin and even singer Gilberto Gil. The diary also gave some details about the party, explaining a menu of “typical Brazilian delicacies like shrimp bobó.”

uruguayan newspaper Observer He said that guests drank Argentinian and Spanish wines as well as Brazilian sparkling wines. Website of the French magazine Paris MatchDrawing on details of the menu previously revealed by Brazilian social media writers, known for its celebrity coverage, he threw out rumors on social networks about the cost of the ceremony. However, the magazine preferred to put more emphasis on the bride’s profile, presented as a “feminist sociologist” who has been a member of the PT since 1983.

The story of 55-year-old Rosangela Silva has attracted the attention of many international vehicles. French magazine titled “‘Janja’, sociologist who is Lula’s wife” L’Obs He says that since the former president became eligible again in 2021, Rosângela has accompanied him on his travels and “is one of the stars of launching his pre-campaign on May 7. The magazine also reported that Lula hinted at the role Janja could play as First Lady “in food safety programs in a country where hunger has increased since the Covid-19 pandemic”. note

Revive Lula’s image

The American channel ABC said that its guests were given a souvenir with the words “Love has won”. “Lula tried to characterize the presidential race as a struggle between love and hate and associated it with hate. [Jair] Bolsonaro,” the text says in one attempt to make a more political analysis of the event.

A Bloomberg reporter in Brazil points out that the marriage is part of a movement to “help revive Lula’s image,” the 76-year-old. For the journalist, the event “will increase its appeal to the most conservative voters”.

already newspaper Le Monde He refers to marriage as a “marriage truce before the election war” and tries to anticipate the issues discussed at the party. “No one knows if future political strategies are at the center of the guests’ speeches (…), even if the comments about the bride are accompanied by some questions about her alleged candidacy for the federal parliamentary nomination, in October,” she wrote in the afternoon. “It was time to officially celebrate. (…) Just a marriage truce before the war,” the newspaper concludes.