Posted on 10/30/2022 6:29:13 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is set to become the next president of Brazil, after defeating his rightwing rival, incumbent Jair Bolsonaro, by a razor-thin margin.
The leftist former leader, widely known as “Lula,” won 50.90% of the votes, with over 99% of the votes counted in a fiercely contested run-off election on Sunday.
Bolsonaro, who mustered 49.10% votes, will be denied a second term.
Lula da Silva supporters thronged São Paulo Avenida Paulista on Sunday evening after polls closed. The mood was celebratory even before the results were called, with people setting off flares when he was declared winner by the country’s election authority.
Many had tears in their eyes, telling CNN that they were hopeful for the country, which has been struggling with high inflation, limited growth and rising poverty.
(Excerpt) Read more at cnn.com ...
Interesting discussion with the author of the article below is here: https://gettr.com/streaming/p1w4jcpb3e9 Begin watching at 11:10 into the video.
Brazilians wanted to eat zee boogs. Just damn.
We’ve officially lost South America. Brazil is now in communist hands.
I doubt this is on the up and up.
Yep!
Keep voting until the Left wins, then declare you have won.
Sounds like vote fraud.
I am sure it was, but hell, we can’t even do anything about our own vote fraud.
South America has bounced from one extreme to another the last 50 plus years. Lula will not solve any problems and conditions will be much worse. They will find out soon enough.
The election was won by fraud
Isnt the Congress controlled by the bolsanaro party?
Brazil is the country of the future... and always will be.
Another stolen election. Communists are on the march.
Whatever one can say about de Gaulle he nailed the Brazilans.
Did we ever have Latin America?
Bolsonaro’s far-right allies scored big victories in legislative and governors’ races in the first-round election on October 2, and will be the largest force in Congress...
https://www.news.com.au/finance/work/leaders/brazil-vote-lula-wins-election-defeating-bolsonaro-in-close-contest/news-story/644103f7363b26548f6a9b1d39b24612
The posts here are pathetic. “Must have been stolen”. Is that it? Every election our side loses from now on is stolen?
Yes. Obviously.
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