Lula Sworn in as Brazil’s President

Brazil's new President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva delivers an inaugural speech at Planalto Palace after his inauguration ceremony at the National Congress, in Brasilia, Brazil, on Jan. 1, 2023. Evaristo Sa/AFP via Getty Images

Leftist leader Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva was sworn in as president of Brazil on Sunday.

In a speech to Congress, Lula said he would send a report about outgoing Jair Bolsonaro’s administration to all lawmakers and judicial authorities, revoke Bolsonaro’s “criminal decrees” that loosened gun control, and hold the prior administration responsible for its COVID-19 policies.