Lula keeps Alckmin as his running mate for Brazil’s general election in October
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SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva said on Tuesday that he will once again have his past rival and current Vice President Geraldo Alckmin as his running mate for his reelection bid . Lula, an 80-year-old leftist, had been under pressure to pick a different running mate from a bigger right-wing party, but his loyalty to the former Sao Paulo state governor prevailed. The 73-year-old Alckmin, a center-right politician who ran against Lula for the presidency in 2006 and
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