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Latin America shows us another world is possible, Jeremy Corbyn tells Adelante! conference
by Ben Chacko at Hamilton House
Former Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn

LEFT victories in Latin America show us another world is possible, former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn told the final rally at the Adelante! conference at the weekend.

Mr Corbyn and Coventry South MP Zarah Sultana described their experiences observing the Brazilian election that saw socialist Luiz Inacio “Lula” da Silva triumphantly returned to power after the rule of far-right Jair Bolsonaro.

Lula’s was “unapologetically a campaign of the poorest people in the poorest places,” Mr Corbyn said, “those in the favelas, the homeless people in the cities, the landless people in the countryside, the trade unions.

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