Brazil needs to "return to strong family agriculture to produce food for the Brazilian people," Lula said in his speech. | Photo: @ptbrasil

Brasilia, July 13 (RHC)-- Brazil's presidential hopeful, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, assured this Tuesday during a public act in Brasilia, capital of that nation, that the country will come out ahead again and rebuild itself.

"This country will rebuild, you can be sure. I want people with the same energy and drive I have to recover Brazil. We already showed that this country has the capacity. I was the only president invited eight times to the G8," said the former president.

Who urged his followers not to fall into provocations and incitements to political violence by supporters of the current president Jair Bolsonaro, after the murder of a PT militant; and affirmed that this fact is the result of the hatred spread by the current Executive, ultra-right, armamentist.

"I never mentioned campaign violence.  However, Brazil has changed.  They are trying to turn electoral campaigns into a war," highlighted the former president.

In this sense, the candidate who most polls give as favorite for next October's elections, affirmed that the South American country has the capacity to return to growth, generate jobs, increase the quality of education and other areas of development.

"This country has to grow again and generate employment, improve the quality of education. Return to strong family agriculture to produce food for the Brazilian people. I don't want people to just eat or dine, I want them to have the right to study, to travel, to have leisure. We are going to put an end to hunger again", said the leader of the Workers' Party (PT).

The leader arrived this Tuesday in the capital where he will stay for two days, during which he is expected to hold meetings with political and social leaders.