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Andrew Downie in São Paulo

Lula faces backlash after flying to Cop27 on millionaire’s private jet

Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in Brasília, Brazil, on 10 November.
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in Brasília, Brazil, last week. Photograph: Ueslei Marcelino/Reuters

Brazil’s president-elect has faced a backlash at home after flying to the Cop27 environmental summit on a private jet owned by a millionaire businessman.

Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva was elected on 30 October and has vowed to undo much of the environmental damage wrought by the outgoing far-right president, Jair Bolsonaro.

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