Which Lula and Janja, Obama and Michelle, Biden and Jill have in common? You’re right if you said love for dogs. Like US heads of state, the newly elected president and the new First Lady will take a puppy to live at Palácio do Alvorada.
Resistance alongside President-elect Lula
With you, Resistance!
We are talking about Resistance, a mutt black dress that was adopted by Janja and Lula. The history of the pet dates back to more than 500 days that Luis Inácio Lula da Silva was imprisoned in Curitiba.
“This little dog is part of the family now. She stayed there for 580 days on vigil, in Curitiba, suffering, sleeping in the cold, in need. Then Janja took her home, took care of her. Now she is here with me and her name is Resistance,” President Lula said in 2020 when introducing the animal to his constituents.
Resistance was adopted by the first lady, Janja
Resistance will live with the rheas who live in Palácio do Alvorada
Resistance spent days and days in front of the Federal Police headquarters in Curitiba, Paraná, birthplace of sociologist Rosângela Silva, Janja. Then, in 2019, it was adopted by the future first lady of Brazilwho took care of her health and nutrition.
Lula left prison in 2019, when former judge Sergio Moro was declared a suspect by the Federal Supreme Court (STF). He and Janja got married in early 2022, just before the official start of the campaign.
Paris and Resistance at Alvorada
Bo, the Obamas’ dog
The future president of the Republic, in his third term, officially became the “father” of Resistance as soon as he left the Federal Police dependencies in the capital of Paraná.
The most attentive have already seen Resistance in some of the lives and interviews via video call carried out by Lula throughout the pandemic. She joins another mutt, Paris, also adopted by Janja.
