Trump critic Lula wins reelection in Brazil

Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, a critic of President Trump and a champion of the Latin American left, won an unprecedented fourth term on Sunday in a runoff election against Flávio Bolsonaro, the son of Brazil’s former far-right leader Jair Bolsonaro.

“We made history in the streets and at the ballot boxes, with the people as the protagonists of a journey that still has a long way to go,” the president, commonly known as Lula, wrote on the social platform X. “Democracy prevailed, hope grew stronger, and Brazil moves forward. This victory is ours. And we’re going to do so much more together!”

Brazil’s electoral court announced that Lula led by nearly 4.4 million votes over Bolsonaro, with 51.8 percent of ballot cast.

Lula, who began his political career in the 1970s as a union leader and the founder of the Workers’ Party, campaigned on the cost of living and security in a country that has faced years of internal violence. He previously served as president from 2003 to 2011, before handing the presidency to cabinet minister Dilma Rousseff, who was impeached in 2016.

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