How Brazil’s Lula broke the regional anti-incumbent curse
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Buenos Aires, Argentina – Not only did Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva defy the odds to win Brazil’s presidential election on October 25, he bucked a trend of anti-incumbency that has swept Latin America in recent years.
Despite trailing Flavio Bolsonaro by over two million votes in the October 4 first round, Lula won by a margin of 4.4 million ballots on Sunday after increasing his total by 10.4 million votes in a matter of three weeks.
The result marks the first time a presidential candi
Despite trailing Flavio Bolsonaro by over two million votes in the October 4 first round, Lula won by a margin of 4.4 million ballots on Sunday after increasing his total by 10.4 million votes in a matter of three weeks.
The result marks the first time a presidential candi
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