The coalition of Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has presented an 84-page electoral program focused on defending sovereignty, reducing inequality, and combating organized crime.

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The program, released two months before the elections, highlights the achievements of Lula’s government in the last four years and proposes the continuation of his policies for a possible fourth term.

“We did a lot and it is necessary to do even more,” states the document, titled “Guidelines for the program of transformation of Brazil: a sovereign, democratic, developed, sustainable, and creative country,” before delving into its 13 thematic chapters.

In international politics, there will be “firm opposition to any attempt to subordinate Brazil to foreign interests,” a veiled reference to pressures from Donald Trump’s US to influence internal affairs in Latin America.

In this regard, the program advocates deepening “geopolitical rapprochement” with the BRICS and the global South, as well as regional integration within Mercosur.

Furthermore, it emphasizes the importance of the Armed Forces having an adequate budget to be able to protect the country and its natural resources from “external threats,” which is why it aims to strengthen industrial production oriented towards the defense sector.

At the national level, special attention is given to security, one of the issues that most concerns citizens and which is the main battleground for Lula’s biggest rival in the elections, right-winger Flávio Bolsonaro.

Confronting organized crime requires, according to the program, improving cooperation between different levels of public administration, “expanding the scope of action” of the Federal Police, and establishing “more agile procedures” to punish members of factions.

On the other hand, the candidacy remains focused on combating femicide and proposes, for example, the creation of new shelters for women victims of gender violence.

In social policy, the program aims to reduce inequalities through an increase in the minimum wage and Bolsa Familia, the aid program for the poorest that Lula created more than two decades ago.

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