REACTION: A Third Term for Brazil’s Lula
A stunning turnaround for the leader comes just days short of the third anniversary of his leaving jail—and marks the first time an incumbent loses reelection in Brazil.
After a nail-biting vote count, Brazil’s electoral court declared Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva president-elect, just three hours after polls closed on October 30. Lula had 50.9% of the vote against President Jair Bolsonaro’s 49.1%, winning an unprecedented third term by the slimmest margin in the country’s history. Fears of violence during the vote did not materialize, despite developments such as roadblocks set by the highway police across the country. As of this writing, Bolsonaro himself has been silent, but several close allies, including the powerful leader of the...
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