Lula re-elected president in Brazil, electoral authority says
Pollsters said higher turnout and a late surge in the Northeast helped Lula overcome a first-round deficit and win by 51.8% of valid votes.
- On Sunday, Leftist President Luiz Inacio Lula won Brazil's presidential runoff, defeating Senator Flavio Bolsonaro to secure a fourth non-consecutive term.
- Lula, who previously left office with approval ratings around 85%, returned after the Brazilian Supreme Court annulled his corruption convictions following 580 days in prison.
- Meta attributed campaign search irregularities to "technical glitches and errors in its AI safeguards," denying allegations that it favored Bolsonaro.
- Global leaders recognized the victory, with URUGUYAN PRESIDENT YAMANDU ORSI stating, "I just spoke with the president-elect of Brazil, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, a friend."
- Relations between the United States and Trump face uncertainty as the administration imposed tariffs and restricted visas, prompting Thirty House Democrats to urge Secretary of State Marco Rubio to clarify policy.
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The result was unexpected.
<p>Lula da Silva won the Brazilian presidential election and was elected to a fourth term Lula da Silva garnered 51.77% of the vote in the second round of the Brazilian presidential election. He became the first winner of the second round after defeat in the first since 1988.</p>
On Sunday, some 160 million Brazilian voters were called upon to grant another term of office to the 80-year-old left-wing leader Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, or to replace him with Flávio Bolsonaro, son of the extreme right-wing ex-president Jair Bolsonaro.
Officer Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has been declared the winner of the presidential election in Brazil, but his right-wing challenger Flávio Bolsonaro does not want to acknowledge the official result.
Lula triumphed in the Brazilian elections. "I thank the generosity of the young Brazilians who fought to defend democracy," she said hotly, in a São Paulo...
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