Lula da Silva

The count was close - veteran leftist Mr da Silva polled 50.8% of votes, compared with 49.2% for Mr Bolsonaro, the far-right incumbent.

It was the country's closest poll in more than three decades. As Mr da Silva prepared to give a speech at a hotel in São Paulo on Sunday evening, Mr Bolsonaro had yet to concede the election. On his victory, Mr da Silva tweeted a simple picture of his hand over the Brazilian flag and the word: "Democracy." Mr Bolsonaro vowed to consolidate a sharp rightward turn in Brazilian politics after a presidency that witnessed one of the world's deadliest outbreaks of Brazil's Supreme Electoral Court's count showed it was an extremely close contest - Mr da Silva polled 50.9% of votes compared with 49.1% for Mr Bolsonaro, with all of the voting machines counted. The count was close - veteran leftist Mr da Silva polled 50.8% of votes, compared with 49.2% for Mr Bolsonaro, the far-right incumbent.

Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva popularly known as 'Lula' won the closely contested run-off election for the Brazil's top job.

Download logoPresident Cyril Ramaphosa has congratulated Mr Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva on his successful election to the position of President of the.

The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. This Press Release has been issued by APO. President Cyril Ramaphosa has congratulated Mr Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva on his successful election to the position of President of the Republic of Brazil.

In what can be described as a miracle comeback, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has made through a testing political turbulence to make his way back as president ...

Da Silva was sentenced to nine-year imprisonment in July, 2017. Ramaphosa said in a statement that he was looking forward to working with the government of Brazil under the leadership of Da Silva, adding that the two developing countries share a number of common challenges and aspirations at the socio-economic level. In January of the next year, Lula’s sentence was increased to 12 years by the Federal Regional Court.

Lula da Silva and his rival Jair Bolsonaro presented very different visions for Brazil. Lula, a two-time former president, also differed vastly from ...

Among these politicians is his vice-president, former São Paulo governor Geraldo Alckmin, who has been cited by the Lula camp as a guarantee of moderation in his administration." The Guardian reports 33 million face acute hunger and 100 million live in poverty, the highest in years. Bolsonaro also led Brazil's mis-management of Covid-19 pandemic in the country and peddled anti-vaccine conspiracy theories. In August 2015, the list of those arrested expanded to include José Dirceu, who had served as chief of staff for Lula from 2003-05," notes Britannica. Brazil ended up being among the worst-hit countries in the pandemic. Bolsonaro became President of Brazil in 2018 on a far-right socially conservative platform. He spent a total of 580 days in jail, according to CNN. In this capacity, he challenged the economic policies of the then-military regime of Brazil and campaigned for workers' rights. Lula was succeeded as President of Brazil by his Chief of Staff Dilma Rousseff. "In the 2002 presidential election, he adopted a more pragmatic platform. "That post [Union President] brought him national attention as he launched a movement for wage increases in opposition to the military regime's economic policy. The election saw large voter turn-out and Lula secured highest votes ever, and the margin is so narrow, suggesting how closely-contested the election was.

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He's extremely popular in these parts of the world. He puts Africa really at the centre of his foreign policy...and he builds very interesting areas of cooperation between not only South Africa and Brazil, but between Brazil and Africa at large.Professor Lyal White, research associate at the Brenthurst Foundation He now returns for an unprecedented third term at age 77. - He returns for an unprecedented third term at the age of 77. Let's not forget that great acronym, BRIC, and it was really Lula who pushed really hard for it, and actually did kind of put South Africa into that cluster of countries.Professor Lyal White, research associate at the Brenthurst Foundation Electoral officials narrowly declared the result in favour of Da Silva, who had 50.9 percent of the vote to 49.1 percent for Bolsonaro. It's a stunning comeback for Da Silva, who in 2018 was imprisoned for 18 months on controversial, since-quashed corruption charges. What we will see is a much more outward-focused, looking for collaboration and cooperation around environmental issues and obviously conserving the Amazon rain forest.Professor Lyal White, research associate at the Brenthurst Foundation - In 2018, Da Silva was imprisoned for 18 months on controversial, since-quashed corruption charges.

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Brazilians have ousted their far-right president. A MARTÍNEZ, HOST: Jair Bolsonaro is out. Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is back in. The leftist president known as ...

Bolsonaro supporter Maria Pouli was drinking quietly with a few friends in Sao Paolo last night and just taking in the loss. It was 50 - a little bit over 50% of the vote to 49%. While he was very popular back in the 2000s when he was president and credited with helping tens of millions of Brazilians out of poverty, his party was just embroiled in a huge corruption scandal. And some voters like Victor Castelo, who I met celebrating at this bar with friends, said, you know, he isn't a die-hard da Silva fan, but he says the last four years of Bolsonaro were just hell. KAHN: Very well, and he is a polarizing figure, as is the current president, Jair Bolsonaro. But he has a lot of baggage with him. He said he will end hunger, zero tolerance for deforestation in the Amazon and, most of all, he told the throngs of the crowd there, that he will restore democracy to Brazil. Da Silva is 77 years old, and he took to one of the biggest streets in the city. He has a solid base, especially among the poor. KAHN: You could just hear him screaming at the top of his lungs as best as he could. MARTÍNEZ: Brazil's election authority says Lula received a little under 51% of the vote. And his supporters in Sao Paulo celebrated the one-time inmate's return to power.

In Brazil, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has defeated President Jair Bolsonaro in a close election. Da Silva received 50.9 percent of the vote while Bolsonaro ...

Our comment policy is Or you may create one on the Disqus system. “We will once again monitor and do surveillance in the Amazon. surveillance –n. challenge –n. “The huge challenge that Lula has will be to pacify the country,” Traumann said. comeback –n. “People are not only polarized on political matters, but also have different values, identity and opinions. His convictions were later canceled by Brazil’s top court, which ruled his trial had been unfair. But after his presidency, he spent 580 days in jail on corruption charges. In Brazil, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has defeated President Jair Bolsonaro in a close election. International election observers said Sunday's election was fair.

Former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has won Brazil's election, but there is still no word of concession from incumbent President Jair Bolsonaro.

This text may not be in its final form and may be updated or revised in the future. She voted for da Silva. KAHN: Bolsonaro's party did well in Congress and won many governor's races, making it now the leading political opposition force in the country. Her husband, Henrique Garcia, voted for Bolsonaro. And he wrangled together a broad coalition including lawmakers and activists to beat Bolsonaro. KAHN: "We are capable of building a country for everyone, a Brazil with peace, democracy and opportunity for all," he said. Da Silva won by a little more than 2 million votes, less than two percentage points. Brazil's president, Jair Bolsonaro, has yet to speak publicly since his defeat in last night's runoff election. That's going to be a tall order. LUIZ INACIO LULA DA SILVA: (Speaking Portuguese). (SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING) It was a big defeat for Bolsonaro, whose movement will live on despite his personal political loss.

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