Trump questions Brazil election after Lula's 4.4 million-vote win

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Donald Trump called Brazil's presidential election "another rigged election" after Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva defeated Flavio Bolsonaro by about 4.4 million votes, without providing evidence of wrongdoing. Bolsonaro rejected the result and vowed to seek annulment, citing a two-hour voting extension in some areas due to transport problems. Electoral officials said fewer than 35,000 votes were cast during that period, and the outcome was unchanged. Brazilian markets fell sharply after Lula's victory, with the real dropping 8.1% against the dollar. Bolsonaro was ordered to surrender his passports amid a corruption investigation, and his father Jair Bolsonaro remains under house arrest for plotting a coup after his 2022 defeat.


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