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Another Lula moment as Brazilians celebrate presidential elections outcome

The left is right - Leftist Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is back after a tight presidential contest, edging out Jair Bolsonaro.
Another Lula moment as Brazilians celebrate presidential elections outcome Former Brazilian president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva waves, along with his wife Janja and his vice-presidential candidate Geraldo Alckmin, after his victory in the presidential election, in Sao Paulo, Brazil, 30 October 2022. (Photo: EPA-EFE / Sebastiao Moreira)
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31 Oct 2022
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Brazilians took to the streets to celebrate their new (old) president. The return of former president “Lula” (2003 - 2010) is being welcomed back as the man who built a social welfare programme that lifted millions out of poverty. He was, however, also imprisoned for corruption and money laundering. But Brazilians are giving the Workers’ Party leader a second chance.

Lula da Silva won 50.9% of the vote, edging out Jair Bolsonaro who got 49.1% of the vote.

Candidate Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva kisses his wife Rosangela Janja da Silva after being elected president of Brazil over incumbent Bolsonaro by a thin margin on the runoff at Intercontinental Hotel on October 30, 2022 in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Brazil electoral authority announced that da Silva defeated incumbent Bolsonaro and will rule the country from 2023 to 2027. (Photo: Alexandre Schneider / Getty Images)
Candidate Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva kisses his wife Rosângela Lula da Silva after being elected president of Brazil on 30 October 2022 in Sao Paulo, Brazil. (Photo: Alexandre Schneider / Getty Images)
Supporters of the Brazilian presidential candidate Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva celebrate the results of the second round of presidential elections, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 30 October 2022. Former President Luiz In·cio Lula da Silva won this Sunday the second round of the presidential elections in Brazil with 50.83 percent against the 49.17 percent obtained by the current ruler, Jair Bolsonaro, with 98.81 percent of the ballot boxes counted. (Photo: EPA-EFE / Antonio Lacerda)
Supporters of Brazilian presidential candidate Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva celebrate the results of the second round of presidential elections in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 30 October 2022. (Photo: EPA-EFE / Antonio Lacerda)
Supporters of the Brazilian presidential candidate Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva celebrate the results of the second round of presidential elections, at the Paulista Avenue in Sao Paulo, Brazil, 30 October 2022. Former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva won the second round of the presidential elections in Brazil with 50.83 percent of the vote, against the 49.17 percent obtained by the current president, Jair Bolsonaro, with 98.81 percent of the ballot boxes counted. (Photo: EPA-EFE / Fernando Bizerra)
Supporters of Brazilian presidential candidate Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva at Paulista Avenue in Sao Paulo, Brazil, 30 October 2022. (Photo: EPA-EFE / Fernando Bizerra)
Thousands of supporters of the Brazilian presidential candidate Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva celebrate the results of the second round of presidential elections, at the Paulista Avenue in Sao Paulo, Brazil, 30 October 2022. Former President Luiz In·cio Lula da Silva won the second round of the presidential elections in Brazil with 50.83 percent of the vote, against the 49.17 percent obtained by the current president, Jair Bolsonaro, with 98.81 percent of the ballot boxes counted. (Photo: EPA-EFE / Fernando Bizerra)
Thousands of supporters of Brazilian presidential candidate Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva celebrate the results of the second round of presidential elections in Sao Paulo, Brazil, 30 October 2022. (Photo: EPA-EFE / Fernando Bizerra)
Former Brazilian President Luiz In·cio Lula da Silva (C) delivers a speech along with his wife Janja (L), after his victory in the presidential election, in Sao Paulo, Brazil, 30 October 2022. Former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva won the second round of the presidential elections in Brazil with 50.83 percent of the vote, against the 49.17 percent obtained by the current president, Jair Bolsonaro, with 98.81 percent of the ballot boxes counted. (Photo: EPA-EFE / Fernando Bizerra)
Former Brazilian president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva delivers a speech along with his wife after his victory in the presidential election in Sao Paulo, Brazil, 30 October 2022. (Photo: EPA-EFE / Fernando Bizerra)
Supporters of the Brazilian presidential candidate Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva celebrate the results of the second round of presidential elections, in Sao Paulo, Brazil, 30 October 2022. (Photo: EPA-EFE / Fernando Bizerra)
Supporters of Brazilian presidential candidate Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in Sao Paulo, Brazil, 30 October 2022. (Photo: EPA-EFE / Fernando Bizerra)
Aerial view of Cinelandia District in downtown Rio de Janeiro as supporters of newly elected president of Brazil Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva celebrate his victory in the runoff against Bolsonaro on October 30, 2022 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Brazil electoral authority announced that da Silva defeated incumbent Bolsonaro and will rule the country from 2023 to 2027. (Photo: Wagner Meier / Getty Images)
Aerial view of Cinelandia District in downtown Rio de Janeiro as supporters of newly elected president of Brazil Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva celebrate his victory on 30 October 2022 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (Photo: Wagner Meier / Getty Images)
Supporters of candidate Jair Bolsonaro of Liberal Party (PL) show dejection after candidate Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva of Workers' Party (PT) is announced as winner of the presidential runoff according to the official vote count of STE on October 30, 2022 in Brasilia, Brazil. Brazilians vote for president again after neither Lula or Bolsonaro reached enough support to win in the first round. (Photo: Wagner Meier / Getty Images)
Supporters of candidate Jair Bolsonaro of the Liberal Party show dejection after candidate Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva of the Workers' Party is announced as winner of the presidential runoff on 30 October 2022 in Brasilia, Brazil. (Photo: Wagner Meier / Getty Images)
Supporters of Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, Brazil's former president, react while watching the vote count during the runoff presidential election at Cinelandia Square in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on Sunday, Oct. 30, 2022. Lula won election as Brazils president in a dramatic comeback for the left-wing politician who was languishing in a jail cell just three years ago on corruption charges. (Photo: Leonardo Carrato / Bloomberg via Getty Images)
Supporters of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva react while watching the vote count during the runoff presidential election at Cinelandia Square in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on 30 October 2022.  (Photo: Leonardo Carrato / Bloomberg via Getty Images)
Street vendors offer t-shirts with the faces of presidential candidates Luis Inacio Lula da Silva and the murdered councilor Marielle Franco in downtown Rio de Janeiro ahead of Presidential Elections on September 24, 2022 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Brazilians will go to polls on October 02 in a polarized presidential election. (Photo: Buda Mendes / Getty Images)
Street vendors offer T-shirts with the faces of presidential candidates Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and the murdered councillor Marielle Franco in downtown Rio de Janeiro ahead of presidential elections on 24 September 2022 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (Photo: Buda Mendes / Getty Images)
Dozens of people protest in the streets of Sao Paulo, Brazil, 11 August 2022. Employers, unions, and social movements in Brazil joined in different acts to defend democracy in the face of President Jair Bolsonaro's offensive against the electoral process, less than two months before elections. (Photo: EPA-EFE / Fernando Bizerra)
Dozens of people protest in the streets of Sao Paulo, Brazil, 11 August 2022. (Photo: EPA-EFE / Fernando Bizerra)
A mural of the late human rights activist Bruno Pereira outside of an event with indigenous leaders and Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, Brazil's former president, at Parque dos Igarapes in Belem, Para state, Brazil, on Friday, Sept. 2, 2022. Violence in the Amazon grabbed international headlines in June when British journalist Dom Phillips and indigenous activist Pereira were murdered after interviewing indigenous communities about illegal incursions by hunters, loggers and fisherman. (Photo: Maira Erlich / Bloomberg via Getty Images)
A mural of the late human rights activist Bruno Pereira at Parque dos Igarapes in Belem, Para state, Brazil, on 2 September 2022. (Photo: Maira Erlich / Bloomberg via Getty Images)
Military Police officers stand guards as President of Brazil Jair Bolsonaro delivers a speech during his first re-election campaign rally ahead of October 02 elections on August 16, 2022 in Juiz de Fora, Brazil. In this same town, 200km north from Rio de Janeiro, Bolsonaro was stabbed while campaigning in September 2018. (Photo: Andre Borges / Getty Images)
Military police officers stand guard as President of Brazil Jair Bolsonaro delivers a speech during his first re-election campaign rally ahead of the 2 October elections on 16 August 2022 in Juiz de Fora, Brazil. (Photo: Andre Borges / Getty Images)
Two persons walk by a wall displaying posters of protest against inflation and the Jair Bolsonaros government on September 23, 2022 in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Brazilians will go to polls on October 02 in a polarized presidential election. (Photo: Gustavo Minas / Getty Images)
A wall displaying posters of protest against inflation and the Jair Bolsonaro government on 23 September 2022 in Sao Paulo, Brazil. (Photo: Gustavo Minas / Getty Images)
Supporters of Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, Brazil's former president, wave flags during the runoff presidential election in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on Sunday, Oct. 30, 2022. Brazilians head to the polls Sunday for a presidential runoff between incumbent Bolsonaro and former President Lula, in what's become the country's most significant election since the return of democracy almost four decades ago. (Photo: Leonardo Carrato / Bloomberg via Getty Images)
Supporters of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, Brazil's former president, wave flags during the runoff presidential election in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on 30 October 2022. (Photo: Leonardo Carrato / Bloomberg via Getty Images)
A person holds a poster with portraits of British journalist Dom Phillips and Brazilian indigenist Bruno Araujo, during a demonstration called throughout the country by officials of the National Indian Foundation (Funai) to ask for Justice for their murders, in Brasilia, Brazil, 23 June 2022. Phillips and Araujo had been missing since 05 June and had been seen for the last time when they were sailing down a river in the Valle do Jaravi region, in a remote area of the Brazilian Amazon bordering Colombia and Peru. The Federal Police confirmed on 18 June their deaths from gunshot wounds, corroborating the crime, which shocked Brazil and has sparked protests around the world. (Photo: EPA-EFE / Joedson Alves)
A person holds a poster with portraits of British journalist Dom Phillips and Brazilian indigenist Bruno Araujo during a demonstration called throughout the country by officials of the National Indian Foundation (Funai) to ask for Justice for their murders, in Brasilia, Brazil, 23 June 2022. (Photo: EPA-EFE / Joedson Alves)
A demonstrator burns a photo of President Jair Bolsonaro during protest of Coletivo Movimenta in front of the Planalto Palace on June 23, 2022 in Brasilia, Brazil. (Photo: Andressa Anholete / Getty Images)
A demonstrator burns a photo of President Jair Bolsonaro during a protest of Coletivo Movimenta in front of Palácio do Planalto on 23 June 2022 in Brasilia, Brazil. (Photo: Andressa Anholete / Getty Images)
Supporters of Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, Brazil's former president, react while watching the vote count during the runoff presidential election at Cinelandia Square in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on Sunday, Oct. 30, 2022. Lula won election as Brazils president in a dramatic comeback for the left-wing politician who was languishing in a jail cell just three years ago on corruption charges. (Photo: Leonardo Carrato / Bloomberg via Getty Images)
Supporters of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, Brazil's former president, react while watching the vote count during the runoff presidential election at Cinelandia Square in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on 30 October 2022. (Photo: Leonardo Carrato / Bloomberg via Getty Images)
People protest with posters in support of the electoral system in front of the headquarters of the Supreme Court in Brasilia, Brazil, 03 August 2022. This act takes place during the visit by representatives of the Armed Forces who will inspect the source codes of the electronic voting machine in the Multiple Use Room, at the headquarters of the Superior Electoral Court (TSE). (Photo: EPA-EFE / Joedson Alves)
A protester in support of the electoral system in front of the headquarters of the Supreme Court in Brasilia, Brazil, 3 August 2022. (Photo: EPA-EFE / Joedson Alves)
Hundreds of Brazilians gather to read pro-democracy manifestos in the framework of the attacks by the President of Brazil Jair Bolsonaro on the electoral process, in Sao Paulo, Brazil, 11 August 2022. Representatives of employers, unions and social movements, as well as jurists, academics and politicians, met at the Law School of the University of Sao Paulo (USP) to protest in defense of the democratic rule of law. (Photo: EPA-EFE /Fernando Bizerra)
Hundreds of Brazilians gather to read pro-democracy manifestoes in the framework of the attacks by the President of Brazil Jair Bolsonaro on the electoral process in Sao Paulo, Brazil, 11 August 2022. (Photo: EPA-EFE / Fernando Bizerra)

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