Lula says he is "firm and strong"

Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva released a video Friday after leaving the Intensive Care Unit at the Sírio-Libanês Hospital in São Paulo, Agencia Brasil reported. Lula underwent two surgical procedures in his head this week to drain a hemorrhage caused by a domestic accident in October that prevented him from attending the BRICS Summit in Russia, among other engagements.