More than 500 events were held nationwide as supporters backed Lula and Alckmin seven days before the first-round presidential vote.

Thousands of people took to the streets across Brazil on Sunday to support President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s reelection bid, exactly seven days before the first round of the presidential election.

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The nationwide mobilization, known as “Bora Lula” (“Let’s Go Lula”), was organized by the Workers’ Party (PT), allied parties, popular committees and civil society organizations. Events were held in all 27 state capitals and more than 600 municipalities, with marches, caravans, bicycle rides and flag displays.

The campaign reported more than 500 decentralized activities involving youth and women’s movements, Black organizations, workers’ groups and cultural representatives.

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Participants also used the mobilizations to raise social and labor demands, including an end to the six-day workweek with one day off, a minimum wage increase above inflation and income-tax exemption for workers earning up to 5,000 reais (about US$1,000) a month.

Demonstrators also opposed illegal gambling and unregulated betting. Discussions about priorities for a possible fourth Lula term focused on strengthening education, public health and social inclusion policies.

Mobilizations across Brazil

In Rio de Janeiro, the CarnaLula 2026 event stretched along Copacabana beach, bringing together carnival groups and blocks without electric sound trucks. Senate candidate Benedita da Silva of the PT highlighted the defense of national sovereignty and called for support for a progressive legislative bloc.

São Paulo’s Paulista Avenue hosted carnival performances, circus acts and a bicycle march, followed by speeches from Senate candidate Simone Tebet of the PSB and federal lawmaker Erika Hilton of PSOL-SP, who spoke in defense of democratic institutions and labor rights.

In Belo Horizonte, the capital of Minas Gerais, social activists gathered in the city center and displayed a giant banner reading “Lula de Brasil.”

In Brasília, crowds gathered along the Eixão, while caravans and mass mobilizations were reported in Florianópolis, Curitiba, Maceió and Natal.

PT leaders said the turnout reflected the campaign’s mobilization efforts during the final week before the election.

“We are entering the final stretch of these elections by accelerating the mobilization of our activists and staying closely in tune with the wishes of society,” PT national communications secretary Éden Valadares said. “Streets and social media are moving together against the attempt at regression represented by the return of the Bolsonaros.”

Camila Moreno, the PT’s national deputy communications secretary and a co-organizer of the event, said the nationwide mobilization demonstrated an organized campaign effort in the final phase of the election.

“One week before the elections, this mobilization shows an organized movement, ready to engage with people and take to the streets until the last minute,” Moreno said. “We are entering the final stretch with great strength, unity and mobilization across the country.”

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