Brazil's Lula Turns to Bad Bunny Tune to Criticise Trump Ahead of Polls
The campaign jingle has drawn nearly 7 million social media views and attacks US pressure over Brazil's critical minerals.
- On Tuesday, President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's campaign adapted Bad Bunny's song "Lo que le paso a Hawaii" into a social media jingle to assert Brazil's sovereignty amid international pressure.
- Lula has made sovereignty a key campaign plank, warning President Donald Trump against "meddling" in elections after Washington imposed punitive tariffs and expressed interest in Brazil's critical mineral reserves.
- The viral campaign video features an image of Trump holding a rope around Senator Flavio Bolsonaro's neck like a leash, with lyrics warning, "They want to take the river, and the beach too."
- A source from the Workers' Party, requesting anonymity, said Bad Bunny had not granted rights for the song's use, while the artist's press office declined to comment on the campaign's adaptation.
- Brazilians will head to the polls this Sunday in a competitive first-round presidential election, pitting Lula against Senator Flavio Bolsonaro, son of former president Jair Bolsonaro who frequently features Trump's imagery.
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Bad Bunny makes the world dance, he also inspires Lula: the Brazilian president, candidate for his re-election on Sunday, defends the sovereignty of his country against the United States on an air of Puerto Rican star, critic of Donald Trump.
Brazil's Lula turns to Bad Bunny tune to criticise Trump ahead of polls
"They want to take the river, and the beach too. They want the rare earth minerals," goes the reworked Portuguese version of "Lo que le paso a Hawaii" (What Happened to Hawaii) by Bad Bunny, posted by Lula on his social media accounts. Brazilians will vote in a nail-biting first-round presidential election on Sunday, pitting Lula, 80, against right-wing Senator Flavio Bolsonaro, son of far-right former president Jair Bolsonaro. Lula has made sov…
Lula, 80, will contest on Sunday the first round of the elections in which he seeks his fourth term, in front of Senator Flávio Bolsonaro, son of former ultra-right president Jair Bolsonaro. The contest takes place in the middle of a wave of elections of conservative leaders in the region under the influence of Donald Trump, ally of Jair Bolsonaro. The leftist president published on his social networks a free adaptation to Portuguese of "What ha…
A song by Bad Bunny, originally associated with Puerto Rico’s identity and history, arrived on the electoral stage in Brazil after the artist’s team authorized its use by Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s presidential campaign. The theme chosen was “Lo Que Le Paso a Hawaii”, included in the album “Dien Tirar Más Fotos”, whose melody was preserved for a video broadcast on social networks.
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva found in Bad Bunny the perfect soundtrack to musicalize one of the main arguments of his presidential campaign, the defense of Brazil's sovereignty against the United States and, in particular, against the government of Donald Trump . Lula uses Bad Bunny to talk about Trump and the sovereignty of Brazil Less than a week after the first round of the elections, Lula's campaign broadcast a video that adapts in Portuguese “…
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