(FILES) US President Barack Obama (L) escorts Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (R) to his waiting motorcade, alongside an unidentified translator (C), on the South Lawn after meeting in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on March 14, 2009. At 80, President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, the dominant figure in Brazilian politics for four decades, hopes to cap off an extraordinary life by winning a fourth term as president of Brazil in the October 4, 2026, election. (Photo by Saul LOEB / AFP via Getty Images)