Brazil’s leftist President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva pulled off a dramatic comeback on Sunday as he clinched a re-election victory, but his rival Flavio Bolsonaro refused to accept the loss and said he would seek to annul the vote.
With Lula’s victory, Brazil staved off a conservative wave that has seen numerous countries — such as Argentina, Chile, Colombia, and Peru — all shift right, backed by US President Donald Trump.
The leftist icon, who turns 81 on Tuesday, defied projections to win an unprecedented fourth term.
According to official results, he won 51.8 per cent of the votes to 48.2 per cent for Flavio Bolsonaro, with Lula pulling around 4.4 million more votes.
The senator is the son of former far-right president Jair Bolsonaro, who is serving a 27-year jail term for attempting a coup after his loss to Lula in the country’s last election in 2022.
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