Brazil's Liberal Party concedes Lula victory as Bolsonaro contests result

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Brazilian Senator Flavio Bolsonaro, defeated in the presidential runoff, is contesting the result, but his Liberal Party has acknowledged the victory of leftist President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. Lula, who turns 81 on Tuesday, staged a dramatic comeback after trailing in the first round, winning a fourth term by roughly 4.4 million votes over Flavio Bolsonaro in the October 25 runoff. Flavio, son of far-right former President Jair Bolsonaro, denounced the nationwide two-hour voting extension as fraudulent, though his party accepted the official result while calling for concerns to be addressed.


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