Lula son follows soccer passion

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Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is a committed soccer fan and dedicated follower of Corinthians, the Sao Paulo-based team. Now the president’s youngest son, Luis Cláudio Lula da Silva, 22, has become an assistant coach at Palmeiras, a Corinthians rival. Team executives say politics don’t enter into discussions with the assistant coach. “For us, he is just another worker. We don’t even think of those things in our routine,” Toninho Cecilio, the team’s soccer manager, told O Globo.

— Marcelo Soares in Sao Paulo and Patrick J. McDonnell in Buenos Aires