Lula da Silva wins Brazil's presidential election

Brazil's incumbent President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva won Sunday's presidential runoff election, securing 51.8% of the vote against Senator Flavio Bolsonaro's 48.2%, according to Reuters. Higher-than-expected voter turnout aided Lula's victory, making him the first candidate since Brazil's return to democracy in the 1980s to win the presidency after placing second in the first round on October 4, which Bolsonaro had won. Bolsonaro, backed by US President Donald Trump, had promised to pardon his father, Jair Bolsonaro, sentenced to 27 years for a coup attempt after his 2022 defeat. Lula framed the race as a matter of national sovereignty, while his rival emphasized crime-fighting and corruption scandals.