# LIVE: Brazil’s Lula attends Independence Day military parade ahead of election

https://mins.news/en/video/48246

- The Associated Press, 2026-09-07 10:29 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YpI_w1KIWOs

> President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva attends Brazil’s Independence Day military parade in Brasília, ahead of the presidential election scheduled for October.

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