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Brazil's former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva arrives to meet with the Workers Party National Executive Committee to discuss the political situation after President Dilma Rousseff was removed from office, in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on Sept. 2, 2016. Andre Penner/AP Photo
BRASILIA—Brazil’s former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva disclosed on Thursday that he tested positive for the coronavirus weeks ago on a trip to Cuba for a documentary directed by American filmmaker Oliver Stone.
Lula, 75, did not need to be hospitalized in Havana after scans showed he had lung lesions associated with COVID-19 and his recovery was “excellent,” said a statement from his office.
