This is the smallest margin in a second-round presidential election in Brazil's history. In the first round held on Oct. 2, Lula da Silva garnered 48.3 percent of the vote, compared to 43.2 percent for Bolsonaro. "Brazil is my cause and the Brazilian people are my cause," the president...
Brazil, on Oct. 30, 2022. Former Brazilian president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva of the Workers' Party (PT) won the second round of presidential elections on Sunday and is going to serve a four-year term beginning on Jan. 1, 2023. (Photo by Rahel Patrasso/Xinhua) ...
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Lula beat the incumbent president Jair Messias Bolsonaro by the smallest margin ever in a Brazilian presidential election; 50.9% to 49.1%.1 Lula will be sworn in
Feb 01, 2023 In the History section, added a description of the response to the results of the 2022 presidential election, including the January 8, 2023, attacks on the Congress and Supreme Court buildings as well as on the presidential palace. ...
“My fear is that Bolsonaro appeals and runs in the next presidential election, even though he was made ineligible today,” Maris said. Bolsonaro holds a ceremonial leadership role within his Liberal Party and has traveled around Brazil criticizing Lula, who won last October’s election ...
BRASILIA, Oct. 31 (Xinhua) -- After winning the second round of voting on Sunday, President-elect Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva of the Workers' Party is expected to remodel the largest Latin American economy during the four-year presidential term starting from Jan. 1, 2023. ...
Braga Netto, a retired army general, served as defense minister during former President Jair Bolsonaro's administration. Braga Netto was Bolsonaro's running mate in the 2022 Brazilian presidential election, in which Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva defeated then-President Bolsonaro. In January 2023, a lar...
During his presidential campaign, Lula made a public commitment that in the first year of his presidency, he would ask the governors of the 27 federative units of Brazil to focus on three important infrastructure works for the benefit of the people. We are talking about 81 possibilities here....
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