# Reader Q&A: Ask the Guardian’s Latin America correspondent about Lula’s dramatic Brazil election victory

https://mins.news/en/item/116614

- The Guardian, 2026-10-27 00:00 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2026/oct/27/brazil-election-reader-questions-lula-bolsonaro

> Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva defeated far-right rival Flávio Bolsonaro in Brazil’s presidential election runoff, securing a fourth term with 51.79% of the vote to Bolsonaro’s 48.21%. Guardian correspondent Tom Phillips will answer questions about the result, Brazil’s future and its regional implications.

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