Lula defeats Bolsonaro to win fourth term as Brazil's president

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Brazil's Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has won the presidential election, defeating far-right rival Flavio Bolsonaro by a narrow margin, securing a fourth term as president. The 80-year-old leftist leader received 51.76 percent of votes in Sunday's runoff, while Bolsonaro, son of jailed former president Jair Bolsonaro, got 48.24 percent. The result defied pre-election polls that favored Bolsonaro, who led by about two percent in the first round. Lula previously served as president from 2003 to 2010 and won a third term four years ago. His victory marks a setback for right-wing politics in Latin America and may strain relations with the United States, as he has criticized Donald Trump's foreign policy.


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