Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva won an unprecedented fourth term late,the country's electoral court said late Sunday, in a shock result that defied polls and provided relief to critics of Washington's widening influence in Latin America under President Donald Trump. Read moreBrazil's Lula beats odds and seals re-election, rival Bolsonaro demands annulment While Lula's opponent Senator Flavio Bolsonaro, the eldest son of former president Jair Bolsonaro, refused to accept defeat, analysts say the scale of the loss, with Bolsonaro trailing Lula by over 4 million votes, makes it unlikely his efforts to annul the vote will succeed. Macron calls for France and Brazil to work for 'a fairer world' French President Emmanuel Macron on Monday congratulated his Brazilian counterpart and calling for efforts to "strengthen our strategic partnership".
"France and Brazil have much to build together," Macron said X, saying their two countries should nurture their friendship "in the service of a fairer world". French President Emmanuel Macron on Monday congratulated his Brazilian counterpart Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva in a post on X. © @EmmanuelMacron, X Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez celebrated his leftist Brazilian ally's re-election victory, calling it a "progressive comeback", as he trails in polls before Spain's November vote. "A great victory for Lula!
What has happened in Brazil will happen in Spain. The global progressive comeback has just begun," Sanchez posted on X on Monday, after Lula's recovery from a first-round loss halted a string of right-wing gains in Latin America. Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez on Monday celebrated his leftist Brazilian ally Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's re-election victory. © @sanchezcastejon, X China on Monday congratulated Lula on his re-election, saying it was willing to continue working together.
"China has noted that Brazil's Superior Electoral Court has announced President Lula has won the second round of the Brazilian general election, and expresses its congratulations," foreign ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun said at a regular briefing, adding that Beijing was "willing to work with Brazil to continue advancing the building of a China-Brazil community with a shared future". Asked about Bolsonaro saying he would request an annulment of the elections, Guo said: "China respects the choice of the Brazilian people." EU chief Ursula von der Leyen on Monday hailed Lula's re-election victory as a win for "democracy and multilateralism". She congratulated Lula on social media, adding: "Europe's partnership with Brazil is thriving.
We will remain by your side for the years to come. Together we will keep working closely for free and open trade. A rules-based global order.
And strong ambitions for our climate." Mexico's left-wing President Claudia Sheinbaum congratulated her Brazilian counterpart Lula on winning Sunday's presidential runoff, staving off a conservative wave seen elsewhere throughout Latin America. "Long live democracy, the people of Brazil won. Congratulations, President Lula!" Sheinbaum wrote on X.
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