Lula da Silva is elected president of Brazil
Brazilian voters elected Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva as the country's new president on Sunday, giving the leftist former leader another shot at power in a rejection of incumbent Jair Bolsonaro’s far-right politics, Euronews reports.
The runoff has been seen as the most divisive election in Brazil's history against a backdrop of concerns of political violence, corruption, rising poverty and the fate of the Amazon rain forest, amongst several other issues.
Da Silva, or Lula as he is known mononymously, received 50.9% of the vote and Bolsonaro 49.1%, according to the country’s election authority.
Yet hours after the results were in -- and congratulations poured in from world leaders -- Bolsonaro had yet to publicly concede or react in any way.
"So far, Bolsonaro has not called me to recognise my victory, and I don't know if he will call or if he will recognize my victory," Lula told supporters celebrating his victory in Sao Paulo after the results were announced.
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