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Incumbent Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva won a fourth term in Brazil's presidential runoff election, defeating far-right challenger Flavio Bolsonaro. Following the defeat, reports emerged regarding Flavio Bolsonaro's travel and visa status regarding the United States, while Bolsonaro's allies and former President Donald Trump questioned the election results.
Outlets across the spectrum agree that Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva won the presidential election against Flavio Bolsonaro, and that the outcome represents a significant event for Latin American politics.
Left-leaning outlets like The New Republic and Jacobin frame the election as a major defeat for Donald Trump and the global far right. Center outlets like The Hill and CBS News focus on factual reporting regarding the election results and subsequent reports of Flavio Bolsonaro's travel to the United States. Right-leaning outlets like Breitbart News and The American Conservative highlight Bolsonaro's refusal to concede and allegations that the election was rigged.
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Flávio Bolsonaro flees Brazil for US after losing election: Reports
Brazilian Sen. Flávio Bolsonaro has fled Brazil for the U.S. after losing the runoff presidential election, multiple outlets reported Tuesday. The move comes after Brazil’s Supreme Court ordered Bolsonaro to surrender his passports related to alleged financial crimes, The Associated Press reported. The State Department did not immediately return The Hill’s…
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Source context: The U.S. government is granting visas to Flávio Bolsonaro and his family following his defeat in Brazil's presidential election, a senior Trump administration official tells Axios.Why it matters: The move comes days after Brazil President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva defeated Bolson…
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Flávio Bolsonaro has fled to the United States after losing Brazil’s presidential election to incumbent Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in Brazil on Sunday, according to multiple outlets.Bolsonaro’s allies reported his escape to CNN Brasil, and Reuters also confirmed he is headed to the United States, citing two sources.Brazilian outlet O Globo reported that the…
Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has won a record fourth term in office, defeating far-right challenger Flávio Bolsonaro by 4 million votes in a runoff election on Sunday. Flávio Bolsonaro is the son of former President Jair Bolsonaro, who remains under house arrest for plotting a coup against Lula four years ago. The younger Bolsonaro, who…
This article was published in partnership with Agência Pública, Brazil’s largest nonprofit newsroom. Two weeks before the second and decisive round of the Brazilian presidential elections in October, US Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was in Rio de Janeiro for the multi-day celebration of his son Conor’s wedding. The Kennedy scion married singer…
After the rejoicing, it will be vital to learn the lessons. The rightward shift is neither inevitable nor irreversible, but progressives cannot rest for a momentThe impossible happened. President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva won a fourth term in Sunday’s runoff election in Brazil, overturning Flávio Bolsonaro’s first-round lead in a historic comeback. No…
The U.S. government is granting visas to Flávio Bolsonaro and his family following his defeat in Brazil's presidential election, a senior Trump administration official tells Axios.Why it matters: The move comes days after Brazil President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva defeated Bolsonaro, the son of former President Jair Bolsonaro, in a closely watched…
Just as it has throughout Latin America, the Trump administration was openly working to defeat a left-wing government in Brazil and replace it with a far-right one. With Lula’s victory, Trump failed.
Lula’s victory shows that a broad democratic coalition, mobilizing in the streets and online, can defeat a far-right candidate even amid a regional shift to the right.
John Nichols “The people united will never be defeated!” declares Zohran Mamdani.
Right-wing influencers in the U.S. claimed Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s victory was somehow illegal, echoing their claims of widespread voter fraud in 2020.
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Brazilian Sen. Flávio Bolsonaro has fled Brazil for the U.S. after losing the runoff presidential election, multiple outlets reported Tuesday. The move comes after Brazil’s Supreme Court ordered Bolsonaro to surrender his passports related to alleged financial crimes, The Associated Press reported. The State Department did not immediately return The Hill’s…
Flávio Bolsonaro and his family will receive U.S. visas after Bolsonaro lost Brazil's presidential election over the weekend, a State Department official told CBS News.
Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has won reelection in Brazil's presidential runoff
Republicans are spending millions on the midterms, and they still may not win districts drawn to favor them. And, Brazil's Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva won a fourth term in a stunning political comeback.
The press secretary for Argentina’s President Javier Milei denied that Flávio Bolsonaro, the defeated candidate in Brazil’s presidential election, had entered Argentina.
Brazil's Lula wins record fourth term in presidential runoff with markets falling and real set to weaken.
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President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva clinched victory out of thin air in Brazil’s weekend election, spurring his challenger to deny the results and the United States to demur from commenting on them. Lula won reelection in the results published overnight Monday, claiming 51.7% of the vote against Flavio Bolsonaro’s 48.2% share. It was an…
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His come-from-behind victory in Brazil's presidential election spoils the storyline of right-wing dictators on the march.
Nobody is saying they know where Flávio Bolsonaro is. Not the cops, not the courts, and not even his own allies. The son of confined former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has dropped off the map just two days after losing Sunday’s presidential runoff to leftist Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in an election marked by ...
Brazilian President Lula Inacio da Silva asserted that he was “chosen by God” to lead his country during his victory speech on Sunday, when he narrowly bested challenger Flavio Bolsonaro to win a fourth term as president.
State of the Union: The results mark a setback for the rising Latin American right.
