Mehdi (00:00):
Richard, I believe there’s some breaking news out of Brazil.
Richard Lui (00:03):
That’s right. Thank you, Mehdi. Breaking news in Brazil this hour, that’s right. Left-leaning candidate, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, defeated ultra-conservative incumbent, Jair Bolsonaro, to reclaim the country’s presidency.
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Brazil’s electoral authorities have Lula at a 50.8 to 49.2% advantage, with 99% of all votes counted. President Biden released a statement congratulating Lula and praising the country’s, “Free, fair and credible elections.”
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77-year old Lula served as Brazil’s president from 2003 until 2010, before he went to prison in 2018 on corruption charges. He will take office on January 1st.
