Brazil's Lula turns 81, pledges full dedication after fourth-term win

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Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva turned 81 on Tuesday, vowing to work "24 hours a day" after winning a historic fourth term in Sunday's runoff election. Lula defeated right-wing senator Flavio Bolsonaro with 51.8 percent of the vote, and he promised to deliver "the best term any president has ever served" in Brazil's history, according to an Instagram video. The leftist leader, one of the world's oldest presidents, dismissed age concerns by highlighting his fitness during the campaign, and his Workers' Party invited supporters to celebrate his birthday outside the presidential residence in Brasilia.


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