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Lula is declared winner of Brazil's election as Bolsonaro rejects results
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MicroWave lemmy.world MicroWave@lemmy.world
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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.

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balsoft lemmy.ml balsoft@lemmy.ml
Joined: 2024-06-10
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Good

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ms.lane lemmy.world ms_lane@lemmy.world
Joined: 2024-06-03
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Bolsonaro quickly refused to concede defeat and asked for the election results to be annulled

What a little bitch.

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Fluke feddit.uk Fluke@feddit.uk
Joined: 2025-07-01
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"Womp womp"

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SeeMarkFly lemmy.ml SeeMarkFly@lemmy.ml
Joined: 2024-02-02
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Bolsonaro quickly refused to concede defeat and asked for the election results to be annulled What a little bitch.

Yes, he was, thankfully, removed.

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tirateimas lemmy.pt tirateimas@lemmy.pt
Joined: 2026-01-01
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Could have been worse

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Maeve kbin.earth Maeve@kbin.earth
Joined: 2024-06-16
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Bolsonaro quickly refused to concede defeat and asked for the election results to be annulled What a little bitch.

4.4 million votes. No recount is going to fix that.

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Maeve kbin.earth Maeve@kbin.earth
Joined: 2024-06-16
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TIL Brazil has developed Yttrium deposits and industry. China does too and is restricting exports.

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usernameunnecessary lemmy.zip usernameunnecessary@lemmy.zip
Joined: 2024-04-04
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Why are these little fascists always sore loosers?

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DisgruntledPelican lemmy.world DisgruntledPelican@lemmy.world
Joined: 2025-12-08
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« 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.

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grte lemmy.ca grte@lemmy.ca
Joined: 2023-06-09
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Well done, Brazil.

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Cowbee [he/they] lemmy.ml Cowbee@lemmy.ml
Joined: 2023-12-31
#12 · Quote Reply

Good lol

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givesomefucks lemmy.world givesomefucks@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-30
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Why are these little fascists always sore loosers?

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.

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furry toaster lemmy.blahaj.zone protogen420@lemmy.blahaj.zone
Joined: 2025-01-04
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TIL Brazil has developed Yttrium deposits and industry. China does too and is restricting exports.

isnt yttrium the one element that is known for having basically 0 uses

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givesomefucks lemmy.world givesomefucks@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-30
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Could have been worse

Yeah...

It was this or a trump supporting fascist...

Your comment reads like that's the result you preferred

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Maeve kbin.earth Maeve@kbin.earth
Joined: 2024-06-16
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isnt yttrium the one element that is known for having basically 0 uses

No?

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