Bad Bunny’s team authorised Lula’s campaign to use and adapt the song for the electoral video, which was released on September 24, in a Portuguese version. The original song, from the Puerto Rican singer’s album Debí Tirar Más Fotos ( I Should Have Taken More Photos), reflects on Puerto Rico’s history and warns about the loss of land, culture and identity, drawing parallels with the impact of US influence on the island.

The adapted song retains the original melody while incorporating themes related to Brazil, including its territory, rivers, beaches and rare earth minerals. The campaign video also references US President Donald Trump and criticism of foreign influence, echoing Lula’s recent emphasis on Brazilian sovereignty during his address to the UN General Assembly.

From El Salvador to Argentina , leaders with roots in Lebanon, Palestine, Syria, and other Arab regions have risen to the highest offices in the Western Hemisphere.

Between the late 19th and early 20th centuries, waves of Arab immigrants, mostly Lebanese, Palestinian, and Syrian Christians, fled the collapsing Ottoman Empire in search of stability and opportunity.

Latin America welcomed millions. Brazil today hosts one of the world’s largest Lebanese diasporas , estimated at more than 7 million people.

This mass migration created thriving communities whose children and grandchildren would eventually enter business, academia, and politics, including the presidential palaces of multiple nations.

Here is a list of such leaders

These leaders did not rise because of their heritage but because Latin America allowed their communities to integrate deeply, creating one of the most successful Arab diasporas globally.