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Party in Brazil: Lula is president again

Party in Brazil: Lula is president again

Lula won the presidential election in Brazil. Photo: Reuters

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He was again elected president of Brazil.

At 00:18 (local time) this Monday, October 31, Brazil’s Supreme Electoral Court confirmed on its website the one hundred percent closure of the counting of the 472,075 open polling stations in the country for the second round of elections in which the presidency was determined.

The president-elect, leader of the Workers’ Party, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, received 50.90% of the vote (60345999), with a 1.80-point advantage (+2139645 votes) over his far-right opponent Jair Bolsonaro.

Bolsonaro, who as of Sunday was running for president, finished with 49.10% of the vote (58,206,354).

The website of the Supreme Electoral Court reported that the attendance rate was 79.41% (124,252,796) of the voters and 20.59% (32,200,558) abstained.

118,552,353 valid votes (95.41%), 3,930.765 invalid votes (3.16%) and 1,769,678 blank votes (1.43%) were counted.

Source: Supreme Electoral Court.

On this day, more than 156 million Brazilians were able to go to the polls and elect the candidate of their choice. As of 5:00 pm (local time) polling stations closed and vote counting began.

Now on the streets of Brazil it is celebrated. In addition, feedback comes from different parts of the world. Among them are the leaders of Venezuela, Mexico and Bolivia.

Other personalities in the region sent their congratulations via the social network Twitter, such as Vice President of Colombia, Francia Marquez, and former Presidents Evo Morales and Rafael Correa, President of Bolivia and Ecuador, respectively.

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As comes from France the congratulations of its President Emmanuel Macron:

Diaz-Canel congratulates Lula, President-elect of Brazil

Photo: Twitter / @LulaOficial

At this time, the left in Brazil won its representative Luis Inacio Lula da Silva. Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel Bermúdez has joined the congratulations the Labor Party leader is currently receiving.

Similarly, Bruno Rodriguez Barilla, Cuba’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, left his message on the social network Twitter:

It will be Lula’s first international meeting as president with his Argentine counterpart

Alberto Fernandez and Lula da Silva, at Casa Rosada. Image: the nation

Lula’s first international meeting as president-elect will be with his Argentine counterpart, Alberto Fernandez, who will arrive in Sao Paulo on Monday, according to reports. or a balloonCiting sources from Casa Rosada. This was reported by many media outlets.

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“Lola’s victory is deserved and good for the region,” the president said at 7:50 p.m. in an interview with Radio 10, when the trend in favor of the Labor leader was already irreversible. He added that “the link between Brazil and Argentina will be deeper, more realistic and more sincere,” expressing the hope that “Argentina, Brazil and Mexico will form a hub, which will be very good for the whole continent.”