Bolsonaro’s first-round win draws cheers from right-wing leaders

Flávio Bolsonaro’s surprise win over incumbent Luiz Inácio “Lula” da Silva in the first round of Brazil’s presidential election led to a flurry of reactions from foreign leaders ahead of the runoff that will decide the election. In a speech he gave before his supporters on Sunday night, the center-left wing president admitted Bolsonaro’s win — by a margin of 47.3% to 44.83% (with 98.36% of the vote counted) — was “an unexpected result.” “We did not achieve everything we wanted, but even so I was convinced that we were going to win,” Lula confessed, vowing to restart his campaign immediately…