Former Brazilian president Lula, who helped found the ruling Workers鈥 Party (PT) and governed from 2003鈥2010, took his time to comment on the wave of protests that erupted in mid-June, bringing millions onto the streets.
But when he finally gave an interview, he warmly welcomed the protests: 鈥淏razil is living an extraordinary moment in the affirmation of its democracy. We are a very young democracy ... It鈥檚 only to be expected that our society should be a walking metamorphosis, changing itself at every moment.鈥