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Tom Phillips in Brasília

‘We feel welcome now’: Brazilians of all kinds hail Lula as he takes office

Brazilian drag queen Salete Campari said: ‘I feel fabulously happy.’
Brazilian drag queen Salete Campari said: ‘I feel fabulously happy.’ Photograph: Tom Phillips/The Guardian

The Brazilian drag queen Salete Campari came to toast her country’s new era dressed as Marilyn Monroe.

“I feel fabulously happy,” said the activist and performer as she posed for selfies outside Brazil’s presidential palace while waiting for the country’s incoming president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, to arrive.

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