# Brazil: What challenges await Lula in his fourth term as president?

https://mins.news/en/item/115596

- France 24, 2026-10-26 09:46 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.france24.com/en/brazil-what-challenges-await-lula-in-his-fourth-term-as-president

> Nearly 81-year-old Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva won a fourth term by narrowly defeating Flavio Bolsonaro in Sunday’s (October 25) runoff. His unprecedented term will confront a divided Brazil, an unfriendly Congress, weak public finances and a threat shaped by Donald Trump.

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