# Brazil’s Lula wins a fourth election as Beijing’s ‘old friend’ in America’s ‘backyard’

https://mins.news/en/item/115616

- BBC Chinese, 2026-10-26 10:13 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.bbc.com/zhongwen/articles/cwj34v4lvvlgo/trad?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss

> Veteran left-wing president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva won re-election with 51.79% of the vote, defeating Flávio Bolsonaro, who has not conceded. Lula faces a hostile Congress and a deeply divided country. He has stressed Brazil’s strategic autonomy, seeking ties with both China and the US without choosing sides.

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