This country has had as many people educated and graduated from the Ministry of Education as the President of the Republic has had a doctorate. Why didn't the others do it? It's because in their minds, poor people don't need to study, they need to work. Black people don't need to study, they need to work. Indigenous people don't need to study, they need to work. And the difference is that in my mind, poor, black, indigenous people have to study, and I prefer to study. I don't want to take anything from anyone. I just want to provide equal opportunities. So I want Albico's maid , her daug…

How many rest areas were there for drivers when we took over the government? None, Mr. President. None. And we are solving this historical problem here in Minas Gerais. There is a place to take a shower. There is a place for female truck drivers to shower, with an emergency button for their safety. We found out how many billions were invested in concessions, and how much have we done today? The federal government has 12 concessions in Minas Gerais, and today we already have contracts worth 280 billion. This is important for us to be able to bring projects to fruition. The situation here,…

What we're going to do is make this country fearless, make this country think [musically] that we can transform ourselves into a very great nation. Investing in science and technology as a priority, the issue of national defense as a priority. So the supercomputer isn't just for doing calculations faster; it's for transforming problems that would take decades to solve into everyday issues for the Brazilian people. It's to support the SUS (Brazilian public healthcare system), for example. This is to ensure that rains and droughts are predicted in advance. [music] It's to improve agriculture…

Every six months, initially, since the provisional measure was issued in May, this first three months will have to be sent to the Ministry of Finance, showing the impact of this provisional measure, the results, whether in employment or in the sector itself. Every six months, this evaluation will be carried out, and the participation of the National Congress will be maintained, guaranteeing that, through these reports presented by the Ministry of Finance, Congress itself can also carry out its evaluation and do its work there every year. So, I want to thank the government and everyone for the…

Nothing is impossible in life. Nothing, nothing, nothing. All you need is the will and the opportunity. Our role is to create opportunities. Your job is to enjoy life and succeed. [applause] As long as a government truly invests in education, even the impossible can begin to become reality. And all I can do is thank you all and say thank you very much for believing in the youth of our country and for showing through actions that a young person from the countryside can conquer the world, and for believing that education is the greatest tool for social transformation. How do you feel about …

I know the suffering women go through because I was raised by a mother with eight children. I know what it's like to go hungry. I know what it's like for a mother to stand by a stove with eight children beside her and nothing to eat. And she said: "Not today, but tomorrow there will be. I know what women go through. As long as I'm alive, women can be sure that I will be there for them demanding that we men respect women, respect them, because they are the standard of decency in this country. So let's respect women, because in this country, any man who hits a woman will be arrested. [applause…

Olê, [applause] [applause] olê olê olá lá, Lulá. Olê, olê olê olá. Lula, Lula. Olé, olé, olé, olá. Lula, Lula. [applause] Olé, olé, olá, Lula, Lula. [applause] [applause] [applause] [applause] [applause] [applause ] [applause] here [applause] then then [applause] [applause] People, because it's addictive. [applause] Brazil is standing tall, and now I invite Soraia Castelo Branco, accompanied by the orchestra of Rebecas Joaquim Carlota de Bom Jesus, to perform the Brazilian national anthem so we can sing together. Good aunt, heron. [applause] [music] [music] [music] [music] [music] Listening t…

This measure, Mr. President, accomplishes two fundamental things: social justice and tax justice. And it fits within a set of measures, actions, and programs that have been launched recently. Everything to protect, right, Bruno? The popular economy, the economy. And therefore, we feel very proud, Segundo, of the effort we made, as you witnessed, Minister Márcio, to secure the approval of a provisional measure that upholds social justice. Therefore, Mr. President, this sanction has great significance for the popular economy, for those people who are not always recognized within the framewor…

Now begins the program of the president who created the popular pharmacy program, Sambu, magnifying glasses, the smiling Brazil program, and is fighting for the end of the 6-to-1 scale. I always say this: there is no country in the world with more than 100 million inhabitants that has a healthcare system like the SUS. And what's important is that it's all free. Thanks to Lula's [music], today we have healthcare more accessible. You go to the clinic, have a consultation, enter it into the system, and it 's super fast. I respect the Brazilian public healthcare system (SUS), the nurses of the S…

Under the Bolsonaro family's government, we lived in a Brazil of hospital queues, abandonment, and fear; a Brazil of barbarity. In Brazil, [the song] shows women who had to stand in line for food to feed their families. We will never forget the hundreds of thousands of people who died due to negligence by the Bolsonaro family government during the Covid pandemic. My mother was one of them; she was one of the people Bolsonaro satirized when he imitated shortness of breath. I will not forget. We will not forget. We will never go back to living in a country where the government believes that…

Mr. President, our star student, he passed the IM exam while still in his second year of public school, having completed all of his high school education in public schools in Piauí, and he participated in numerous Olympiads. And he has a statement saying that what inspired him to start dedicating himself to this? Tell me about it. My initial inspiration to have this greater drive for my studies came when I started to think that studies are n't just for me, they're for my whole family. And these are for God and for all those people who are going through, let's say , moments when they sometime…

Lula lá brilha a nossa [canto] estrela. Lula there, hope is reborn. [music] Lula there, Brazil, child [song] in the joy [music] of embracing. Lula there with divinity [music] [song] Lula there. Brazil deserves another opportunity to smile and shine, our star.

To kick off the event, we hear from the Minister of Cities, Vladimir Lima. Good afternoon, everyone. Man, I didn't feel the energy from you all, no. Good afternoon, everyone. Now that's it, Mr. President. There you go, that’s some excitement. That's right. A kiss to you all. Look, folks. Today is an important day, an important visit for one of the over 60 billion reais in urban mobility investments that President Lula has been making across Brazil since 2023. Here in this project , we have about 680 million reais invested today, contracted to reach 1 billion, because the state go…

We will not allow this irresponsible guidance to reach your gas station, much less the food plate of the Brazilian people. Here, Mr. President, this decree that you have just signed is the decree that reduces the federal tax on gasoline, reduces PIS/COFINS by 63 cents per liter of gasoline, and also reduces ethanol taxation by 19 cents. It removes all taxation on hydrated ethanol. Here, Mr. President, once again, is that philosophy you have maintained since the beginning of this war. The people cannot pay for a war that is not theirs, and therefore, you are making an effort here…

Those who opposed this project were people who had cold water in their fridge. They were people who didn't know what it was like to carry a water jug on their neck, a tin of water on their head. I am proud because I know the importance of water. I used to go to the reservoir to get water. I would fetch muddy water. I was 7 years old when my mother took her eight children and left for São Paulo to survive the drought. When I assumed the presidency of the Republic, I decided it wasn't right for part of Brazilian society to die of hunger and thirst because they lacked water. So we…

It's important for you to remember the following: I am a very lucky guy. This country, the last time it grew above 3% , was in 2010, when he was President of the Republic, it grew by 7.5%. It spent the entire time I was out of the presidency without growth. When I returned, it was growing at one, then it grew 3.4, 3.6, 3.2, and now it will grow by two-something. There is no one in the history of Brazil, not from the right, not from the left, not from the center, neither high nor low. No one has ever had the responsibility I had in my first 8 years as president; I had a primary su…

from the forest, but we are benefiting Brazil, which needs the rain that comes from the Amazon; we are benefiting humanity, which needs that stored carbon. This 1.5 million hectares, right, Minister Capobianco, that were created or are being created, they are storing the equivalent of about three to four months of Brazil's entire emissions. President, that is the scale of the Brazilian contribution to stabilize this climate process that has been attacking us. We don't need to talk about El Niño, we don't need to talk about the extreme events that have been happening, but this ac…

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We did not create the Amazon, nor did we bring the indigenous peoples to live in the Amazon. But certainly, at no point in this country's history has a government been as concerned with preserving the Amazon forest and its waters as we are. That is why today is a very grateful day, and I wanted those of you who are happy with everything that happened here today to remember that less than 4 years ago we were crying because the rhetoric was to break the fences to let the cars pass. That was the rhetoric from 4 years ago. So it is important for you to remember that a standing fores…

Brazil has over 16,000 km of land borders, over 8,000 km of coastline, and Lula has already begun the greatest national defense project in history. Lula has resumed the national drone industry that was abandoned by the previous government. New submarines and frigates have been delivered to provide for our maritime defense. New Gripen jets are already operating in the air and 420 new armored vehicles are already active to protect our territory . More than 112 billion have been invested. By 2030, Lula's project is for Brazil to be on par with the best defense systems in the world. …