Lula narrowly wins Brazil's presidential election over Bolsonaro

Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, a vocal critic of U.S. President Donald Trump, was re-elected on Sunday, defeating opponent Flávio Bolsonaro by a narrow margin of 51.8 percent to 48.2 percent, according to Brazil's electoral court. Bolsonaro refused to concede defeat late Sunday, calling the last-minute decision to extend voting hours by two hours unprecedented and asking for the election results to be annulled. Lula, who turns 81 on Tuesday, pledged to respect all Brazilians and attacked Bolsonaro, calling the victory "a defeat for denialism and lies." Lula's triumph bucks a trend of right-of-centre candidates allied with Trump winning in Latin America, leaving Mexico and Brazil with left-of-centre leaders. The result positions Brazil's $2.6 trillion economy to remain independent of the U.S. despite Trump's tariffs. This is likely Lula's last victory, capping a career that included a prison sentence later annulled.