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Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, a vocal critic Donald Trump, was reelected Sunday in a result that provides relief to critics of widening U.S. influence in Latin America.

With 100% of the vote counted, Brazil’s electoral court announced that the soon to be 81-year-old Lula had a lead of nearly 4.4 million votes over opponent Flávio Bolsonaro, giving him 51.8% of the total vote. Bolsonaro quickly refused to concede defeat and asked for the election results to be annulled after an evening of chaos at some polling places that followed a last-minute decision to extend voting by two hours.

Bolsonaro is the son of former President Jair Bolsonaro, whom Lula defeated to take the presidency in 2022.

Lula’s triumph bucks a regional trend of victories for right-of-center presidential candidates allied with Trump. It also means Latin America’s largest economy, with a GDP of $2.6 trillion per year, will likely continue defying Trump’s demands, despite the pressure of increased tariffs.

  • ms.lane@lemmy.worldEnglish
    112·
    20 days ago

    Bolsonaro quickly refused to concede defeat and asked for the election results to be annulled

    What a little bitch.

    • MBech@feddit.dkEnglish
      801·
      20 days ago

      When you’re against democracy, it would be weird to respect the democratic process. Fascists will always try to circumvent the rules as long as they’re not in their favour, simply because fascists don’t respect anyone but themselves.

      • LocalAreaMan@lemmy.mlEnglish
        426·
        20 days ago

        I would extend this liberals who are simply NIMBY about fascism. They think Azov Brigade are “heroes”.

        “Democracy” to the West is just a cudgel to steal natural resources, a selective privilege enjoyed on the backs of the oppressed.

    • givesomefucks@lemmy.worldEnglish
      17·
      20 days ago

      Because their path to power always involves exploiting good will and benefit of the doubt.

      They’re all cry bullies, they act tough as long as there’s no resistance, but if they don’t win they’ll say anything they think of to change a result or make an excuse.

      The only reason they have any followers is people think they’re strong. So they can never admit they lost, there’s always has to be some bullshit to blame it on.

      If they admit they’re not the majority. There goes most of their followers, because their followers just want strength and to identify as a winner.

    • Jiral@lemmy.worldEnglish
      71·
      20 days ago

      Oddly enough, some are more so than others. Take Orban for example. While not shy of all sorts of shady means to bend the election to his will, when all of that did not suffice anymore, he simply conceded defeat. Also the Serbian autocrat Vucic appears to accept defeat. Maybe he is afraid of facing the fate of other autocrats in case he is trying to overthrow anything.

      • LocalAreaMan@lemmy.mlEnglish
        417·
        20 days ago

        It takes special liberal gymnastics to leap over 80% of the dictatorships America is directly arming to land on these half-baked examples.

        • Jiral@lemmy.worldEnglish
          111·
          20 days ago

          I have no idea what you are talking about, above poster was posting about fascists always being sore losers. Those are just two relevant examples from Europe that occurred very recently. They are not representative but they do prove a point that fascists are sometimes much less entrenched in power than they want to make everyone believed to be. Also Vucic was hardly “America’s” man, he played the US and Russia both at the same time.

    • Marthirial@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      20 days ago

      Wrong question. We already know the answer to that question. The key here is how Brasil fights back to squash Trumpism from their democracy. We may learn something.

  • DisgruntledPelican@lemmy.worldEnglish
    30·
    20 days ago

    « This is unacceptable, we the far right cheated but not enough… We should cancel the election results so I could win with my us oligarchs friend and pardon my corrupt father. “ said bolsonaro.

  • Astrealix@lemmy.worldEnglish
    13·
    20 days ago

    Brazil and Serbia. Good on them. America, you’re up. I would include Israel but even the best possible government there fucking sucks balls.

    if only we got some of this in Hong Kong…

  • Maeve@kbin.earth
    13·
    20 days ago

    TIL Brazil has developed Yttrium deposits and industry. China does too and is restricting exports.

  • bthest@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3·
    20 days ago

    Bolsonaro still has a backup plan that he has been crafting for a long time.

    spoiler

    A ligature made of napkins that’s strong enough to support his bodyweight.

    • givesomefucks@lemmy.worldEnglish
      6·
      20 days ago

      Yeah…

      It was this or a trump supporting fascist…

      Your comment reads like that’s the result you preferred

  • Kangae_Hishiryo@scribe.disroot.orgEnglish
    29·
    20 days ago

    I believe there was cheating; the whole business about the late closing of polling station, along with so many other things, was highly suspicious. Lula also proved to be a piece of shit during his previous terms; on top of that, he’s pro-China, pro-North Korea, pro-Russia, and pro-Chavismo, just a total disaster.

    But Bolsonaro should never, ever be (re)elected. His term from 2019 to 2023 was abysmal, and his handling of Covid was like a horror movie. The most sensible thing would have been to choose a third, more rational, sensible and nuanced option, but damn, it seems people just don’t know how to vote, whether here in Latin America or pretty much anywhere else in the world.

    Edit and errata: I had a shortcircuit, I was really distracted and tired at that moment; it wasn’t Jair, but Flavio. Still a shit though, and doesn’t change all about Lula.

    • someguy3@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      20 days ago

      But Bolsonaro should never, ever be (re)elected. His term from 2019 to 2023 was abysmal, and his handling of Covid was like a horror movie.

      You always get the most informed takes from the most knowledgable people. In this case, he doesn’t know that these are two different Bolsonaros. Jair Bolsanaro was the previous president. Flavio Bolsonaro is his son and the person that just lost.

      • Kangae_Hishiryo@scribe.disroot.orgEnglish
        11·
        20 days ago

        Oh, sorry, I just had a shortcircuit.

        Still, Flavio shouldn’t never, EVER, be elected too. Being son of Jair and defending (and being defended by) Trump is not a good presentation card.

        Thanks for the catch!