Lula

Brazil's leftist former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva—widely known as Lula—triumphed in the country's election runoff on Sunday, narrowly defeating far- ...

[left](https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/10/29/russia-ukraine-war-latest-updates/?utm_source=feedly&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world) the Black Sea grain deal after [accusing](https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/10/29/russia-ukraine-grain-deal-crimea/?utm_source=feedly&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world) Ukraine of launching [“massive” drone attacks](https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/29/world/europe/ukraine-russia-grain-deal.html) against both civilian and military vessels, including one that reportedly damaged a warship. [ people ](https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/30/world/asia/india-bridge-collapse.html)and sending hundreds more plummeting into the river below. Officials say the celebration—which involved as many as [100,000](https://www.nytimes.com/live/2022/10/29/world/korea-halloween-stampede-itaewon) participants—took a disastrous turn when crowds packed into a [narrow alleyway](https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/about-50-people-reported-hurt-stampede-south-korea-yonhap-2022-10-29/). [car bombings](https://apnews.com/article/al-qaida-africa-explosions-somalia-mogadishu-ded63adf52bc8f02534fdfe73dc1db55) shook Mogadishu, Somalia, on Saturday, according to President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud. [economic prosperity](https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/10/30/lula-da-silva-president-brazil/) and lower poverty—and, more controversially, for his involvement in a sweeping [corruption scandal](https://www.wsj.com/articles/ahead-of-brazil-vote-many-voters-look-past-lula-da-silvas-graft-conviction-11666978136) that ultimately landed him in jail. Using X-ray machines, zoo workers discovered Houdini hidden in between two walls. 1 – Wednesday, Nov. Foreign Policy subscribers can submit their questions ahead of time As of Monday morning, he had still not spoken out on the election results. Have questions about the Brazilian election campaign, runoff results, or the future of Brazil generally? That paved the way for his return to power. We are one country, one people, one great nation.”

Lula Ignacio da Silva, who campaigned to protect the rainforest, narrowly beat Jair Bolsonaro in the Brazilian presidential election.

[The Amazon is turning into savannah – we have 5 years to save it](/article/mg25233640-800-the-amazon-is-turning-into-savannah-we-have-5-years-to-save-it/) “As the leader of one of the six biggest carbon emitters at a time when the effects of climate change are accelerating around the world, Lula needs to ensure that Brazil increases the ambition of its pledges to the Paris Agreement. [Erika Berenguer](https://www.ox.ac.uk/news-and-events/find-an-expert/dr-erika-berenguer) at the University of Oxford, who was in tears as she spoke to New Scientist. The outspoken president has regularly alleged Brazil is part of both the problem and the solution,” said Lula has pledged to remove illegal miners and ranchers clearing the Amazon. [Astrini.](https://www.oc.eco.br/en/acabou-porra/) [almost half, to its lowest level in more than a decade](https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-022-03038-3), and accused [public research institutions ](https://www.reuters.com/article/us-brazil-environment-idUSKCN1UE25O)of falsifying data. [a statement.](https://www.oc.eco.br/en/acabou-porra/) Lula’s election is a victory not only for the region, but for humanity and life itself.” [promoted the development of the rainforest](https://www.reuters.com/article/us-brazil-environment-idUSKBN22K1U1), diluted environmental regulation [and gutted key environmental institutions of funding and expertise.](/article/2314385-the-amazon-has-descended-into-lawlessness-in-jair-bolsonaros-brazil/) [ by just 1.8 per cent of votes](https://resultados.tse.jus.br/oficial/app/index.html#/eleicao/resultados) in the divisive presidential election.

SAO PAULO, Brazil: Brazilian president-elect Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva called for "peace and unity" after narrowly winning a divisive runoff election on ...

"We've had four years of a genocidal, hateful government," said Lula voter Maria Clara, a 26-year-old student, at a victory party in downtown Rio. I don't know if he will call and concede," Lula told the massive crowd. "Anywhere in the world, the losing president would already have called to admit defeat. "Today democracy won, and the possibility of dreaming of a better country again." "The challenge is immense," he said of the job ahead of him, citing a hunger crisis, the economy, bitter political division, and deforestation in the Amazon. "This country needs peace and unity," Lula said to loud cheers in a victory speech in the southeastern city of Sao Paulo.

SÃO PAULO—Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has done it again: Twenty years after first winning the Brazilian presidency, the leftist defeated incumbent Jair ...

That enabled da Silva to run for the nation’s highest office for the sixth time. “At the same time we will promote sustainable development of the communities of the Amazon.” Bolsonaro’s welfare payments helped many Brazilians get by, but da Silva has been presenting himself as the candidate more willing to sustain aid going forward and raise the minimum wage. That election never ended; the opposition asked for a recount, she governed under pressure and was impeached two years later,” said Melo. With 99.9 percent of the votes tallied in the runoff vote, da Silva had 50.9 percent and Bolsonaro 49.1 percent, and the election authority said da Silva’s victory was a mathematical certainty. Da Silva built an extensive social welfare program during his tenure that helped lift tens of millions into the middle class. He wants to bring in centrists and even some leaning to the right who voted for him for the first time, and to restore the country’s more prosperous past. “The huge challenge that Lula has will be to pacify the country,” he said. People in the streets of Rio de Janeiro’s Ipanema neighborhood could be heard shouting, “It turned!” But supporters decked out in the green and yellow of the flag barely responded. It’s the victory of a democratic movement that formed above political parties, personal interests and ideologies so that democracy came out victorious.” local time, three hours after the results were in, the lights went out in the presidential palace and Bolsonaro had not conceded nor reacted in any way.

Brazil's president-elect promises to boost protection of Amazon rainforest after surge in deforestation under Bolsonaro.

It called on him to strengthen “law enforcement to fight the destruction of the Amazon and threats and attacks against forest defenders”. “Basically 50 percent of Brazilians are very afraid of his return to power. This is a very polarised country, it’s a frustrated country,” said Stuenkel, from the Fundacao Getulio Vargas in Sao Paulo. That was up from 109 such incidents in 2018, the year before Bolsonaro took office – a 180 percent increase. [urged](https://www.hrw.org/news/2022/10/30/brazil-president-elect-lula-should-prioritize-human-rights) Lula to put human rights at the centre of his policies. [Brazil’s Lula overtakes Bolsonaro in ongoing Brazil election](/news/2022/10/30/polls-open-in-polarisied-brazil-presidential-election-runoff) [Brazil Election: A Country Divided](/program/between-us/2022/10/30/brazil-election-a-country-divided)

Argentine President Alberto Fernandez traveled to Brazil on Monday to meet President-elect Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and congratulate him on Sunday's ...

"(Lula's) victory ushers in a new era for the history of Latin America. Register for free to Reuters and know the full story Argentina's Peronist leader promptly celebrated the election result, having had a tense relationship with right-wing incumbent Jair Bolsonaro over the past four years.