Lula’s Victory in Brazil and the Path Ahead
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By: Surya
Lula da Silva, the former President and Workers’ Party (PT) candidate, won the Brazilian presidency with a narrow margin in the runoff election held on October 30th, 2022. The current President Jair Bolsonaro, known as the “Brazilian Trump,” received 49.10%. In Brazil, a presidential candidate needs more than 50% of the vote to win the election. On October 2nd, Lula received 48.4% of the votes, thus, necessitating the runoff election.
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