Lula pulls off Brazil’s first-ever run-off comeback to beat Trump ally Flavio Bolsonaro
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva won re-election on Sunday in a dramatic comeback after trailing in the first round, extending the rule of a government that has overseen record Chinese investment. The Superior Electoral Court said Lula had 51.76 per cent of valid votes against 48.24 per cent for right-wing Senator Flavio Bolsonaro, with 99.83 per cent votes counted. No candidate who trailed after the first round had won a run-off since Brazil adopted the system in 1989. But the...
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