Brazil’s electoral authority announced Sunday night that Luiz In\u00e1cio Lula da Silva has defeated incumbent Jair Bolsonaro in the country\u2019s runoff presidential election. Lula, who was president from 2003 to 2010, ran his campaign promising to reunify Brazil. He defeated fascist Bolsonaro with 50.9% votes and becomes the new President of Brazil.<\/p>\n
Brazil\u2019s far-right president-elect, Jair Bolsonaro once defended his country\u2019s brutal 21-year dictatorship. Brazil’s military dictatorship often referred to as \u201cBrazil\u2019s years of lead,\u201d which lasted from 1964 to 1985, was a sad time when Brazilian politicians lost their mandates for political reasons (the generals decreed forfeiture of office), the media was censured and public demonstrations of opposition were repressed violently.<\/p>\n
There was also an ugly underground where opponents of the military were tortured and killed.<\/p>\n
Professor Octaviano Nogueira, who teaches history and political science at the University of Bras\u00edlia, says the roughest period of military intervention was between 1964 and the beginning of the 1970s. \u201cThe repression was harsh at that time,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n
Bolsonaro while defending the dictatorship denied claims that he is a fascist, calling himself a Churchillian patriot determined to lead his crisis-stricken country \u201cout of this quagmire\u201d.<\/p>\n
Winning by a narrow margin, in a sensational comeback, Brazil’s Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva<\/a> barely defeated incumbent Jair Bolsonaro, following a tight run-off race on Sunday.<\/p>\n The favelas in Rio celebrating the new President of Brazil!!! #LulaPresidente2022<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/KngLtjRRF1<\/a><\/p>\n — NaNa (@nanamaia_) October 30, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\nBrazilians Celebrate<\/h3>\n
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