President Luiz Inácio “Lula” da Silva wins surprise reelection in Brazil

Brazilian President Luiz Inácio “Lula” da Silva won reelection with 51.7% of the vote and will govern the country for a fourth time from 2027 to 2030, Brazil’s electoral authorities confirmed. The leader of the Workers’ Party (PT, by its Portuguese initials) finished 3.5 percentage points ahead of far-right senator Flávio Bolsonaro, of the Liberal Party (PL) — the winner in the first round — who received 48.2% of the vote. The result came as a surprise, as Da Silva had ended as the runner-up in the general election, with 45% against Bolsonaro’s 47%. This is the first time a presidential…