Rio to kick off Carnival parade with ode to Lula in election year

Rio de Janeiro on Sunday kicks off three days of dazzling carnival parades with a tribute to President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva that the opposition has criticized as early election campaigning ahead of October polls. The parades of the city’s top 12 samba schools — a ferocious competition featuring towering, animated floats, thundering drum […] The post Rio to kick off Carnival parade with ode to Lula in election year appeared first on Digital Journal.