Sao Paulo – Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva won an unprecedented fourth term on Sunday, the country’s electoral court said, in a shock result that defied polls, precedent and global anti-incumbent sentiment to put the brakes on a wave of rightwing election victories across Latin America. Lula, an icon of the global left and the most dominant force in Brazilian politics this century, defeated Sen. Flavio Bolsonaro, the eldest son of former President Jair Bolsonaro.
The senator had finished first in the election’s first round and hoped to revive his father’s far-right movement. At times, Lula’s reelection looked like a long shot, as voters soured on him and his Workers’ Party after years of corruption scandals and rising prices, while sweeping societal changes left the former metalworker and union leader looking out of touch with an increasingly app-based economy and its growing ranks of informal workers.
Extract — continue reading at the source.
