PoliticsBrazil stays left: what Lula’s victory means for the country and beyond

Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva defeated Flávio Bolsonaro with 51.79% of the vote, winning a fourth, nonconsecutive term as president. Jair Bolsonaro has refused to concede. Lula called the result “a defeat for denialism”; the close contest was an unprecedented comeback after Bolsonaro led in the first round.

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