# Brazil: Lula celebrates 81st birthday after re-election victory

https://mins.news/en/item/118698

- euronews, 2026-10-28 08:30 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.euronews.com/video/2026/10/28/brazil-lula-celebrates-81st-birthday-after-re-election-victory

> Brazil's re-elected President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva marked his 81st birthday on Tuesday, 27 October, with dozens of supporters outside the Alvorada presidential palace in Brasília. He had won a closely contested election two days earlier.

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