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Supporters of defeated president block hundreds of highways across nation, prompting police to fire tear gas to disperse masses

The results are in for Brazil's presidential election, which has drawn serious international attention. Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, known mononymously as Lula, won the contest with 50.9% of the vote, to incumbent President Jair Bolsonaro's 49.1%,...

Brazil's electoral authority said Sunday that Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva of the leftist Worker's Party defeated incumbent Jair Bolsonaro to become the country's next president. With 98.8% of the votes tallied in the runoff vote, da Silva had 50.8%...

Da Silva — the country’s former president from 2003-2010 — has promised to restore the country’s more prosperous past.

Former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva was elected head of Brazil with 50.84%, according to official results from more than 99% of the votes on Sunday October 30, ahead of the outgoing head of state…

Leftist da Silva completes political comeback after 2018 imprisonment over corruption scandal, winning runoff vote against conservative incumbent by slim margin

Former president and leftist Luis Inacio Lula da Silva on Sunday defeated incumbent President Jair Bolsonaro in an election runoff that marked a stunning comeback for him for a third time and the end of Brazil's most right-wing government in decades.

Former leader Da Silva takes slight lead as final ballots in runoff presidential race tallied, amid concerns over whether conservative incumbent will recognize results

(RNS) — The consequential presidential race in Latin America's largest country increasingly resembles religious culture-war tactics employed in US politics.

According to Dr. Ramesh Sepehrrad, a professor of Middle East Studies at the University of Baltimore and a leader at the OIAC, more than 400 people have been killed and thousands have been arrested.