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The president Lula da Silva and the far right candidate Flavio Bolsonaro advance to the second round of the presidential election in the South American giant, with 99.99% counted, Bolsonaro 47.03%, Lula 45.16%. Brazilians will vote again on October 25.
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00:00Welcome back to From Desto Telesur English. We have breaking news at this hour.
00:05Brazil is heading to a second runoff election, presidential election, after no candidates secured the majority of ballot votes required
00:15to win the presidency of the giant of Latin America.
00:20The runoff is set for October 25th, with the two leading candidates, incumbent president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and
00:31Flavio Bolsonaro, advancing to the decisive vote.
00:36Brazil's electoral system requires, let's recall, requires a candidate to receive more than a half of the ballot votes to
00:44win the presidency in the first round.
00:46And if no candidate reaches that threshold, the top two candidates face each other.
00:52Well, precisely, the two leading rivals are the president, incumbent president and re-election candidate, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva,
01:01and Senator Flavio Bolsonaro.
01:04The presidential election is going to be, the runoff is going to be happening on October 25th, with a 47
01:14% is leading Bolsonaro with 47.79%.
01:20Well, Lula has received 44.29% out of the 93.51% of the total ballots counted so far.
01:34So the campaign, let's recall, that has been marked as well by corruption scandals that involve as well the far
01:42-right candidate Flavio Bolsonaro,
01:44a family that also has strong ties with the U.S. President Donald Trump, also in a campaign, in a
01:54contest that has been marked as well by foreign interference allegations.
02:00Let's recall that the president, the incumbent president, Luis Inácio Lula da Silva, during the opening of the 81st United
02:09Nations General Assembly said that Brazil is going to be anybody's backyard.
02:15And that was because sovereignty of the nation has taken a crucial stance, a crucial highlight during this electoral process
02:27for everything that is at stake as well in the nation,
02:31for the social programs that have been promoted by President Lula, and also all of the social achievements that the
02:39nation has had.
02:40Now they are, they could be at a potential risk as well, and also the presence, the importance, the influence
02:49of this major nation of Latin America precisely for the balance,
02:56the stability of the region is going as well, is also at stake.
03:00And also for the multipolar world is also attentive to everything that everything that is happening and is coming from
03:11Brazil at these very crucial hours for Brazilians.
03:16The campaign as well has been dominated by the economy, by public security, by political polarization, Brazil's relationship with the
03:27United States and with China also has been marked by the tariff war,
03:33the war of tariffs that have been imposed from Washington against Brazil in a way as well to determine,
03:41to clean voters in order to influence, to interfere as well in these elections.
03:49Also let's recall that the rival of President Lula is Flavio Bolsonaro, the eldest son of former President Jair Bolsonaro,
04:00who also is in jail because of a coup attempt against the nation that also was a target against democracy
04:09of the country.
04:11Providing also details at this very last-minute information, we have been informing that Brazil is heading for a runoff
04:22election
04:23that is going to be taking place on October 25th, three weeks away from now and they are going to
04:31be crucial for the stability of Latin America,
04:36are going to be crucial as well for all of the popular sectors of the nation that have been as
04:44well identifying themselves with the ideas,
04:47with the legacy of President Lula, who let's recall that kicked off his electoral, his seventh electoral campaign for this
04:58new possibility of a new term in office
05:01from the same stadium where he became popular or known as a social and a workers' leader back in 1979
05:11while facing as well the dictatorship that was in place during those years.
05:16And he kicked off his latest, his new electoral, his seventh electoral campaign during his last possibility of becoming once
05:26again president in that same stadium
05:29while also going back to the seed of his origins, going back to the seed of his ideals of facing
05:37injustice,
05:40of also defending the voice of those who are in a vulnerable position.
05:47So that is what is really at stake for Brazilians at this hour.
05:53Let's recall that also women are in a very vulnerable position that are also going to be impacted of whatever
06:05outcomes happens on October 25th.
06:09And also those of the agricultural sector, also all of those, every single sector of the economy of the Latin
06:23American giant as well.
06:25So this is last minute information at this hour.
06:30President, incumbent President Luis Ignacio Lula da Silva is going to be facing far-right leader Flavio Bolsonaro, son, elder
06:44son of Jair Bolsonaro.
06:48Also, this outcome right now is going to, and also the one that we are going to be witnessing on
06:58October 25th,
07:00is going to be determining for the future of Brazil.
07:05Brazil, on one side, a historic leader of the left with a support of progressive sectors and a broad popular
07:13base.
07:14On the other hand, a lesser figure in Brazilian public life, elevated to the status of a competitive candidate,
07:23because he represents reactionary and openly pro-surrendered sectors with popular appeal as well.
07:33Lula and Falabi Bolsonaro represent two distinct paths, represent two different projects of a country,
07:44that one is going to be defending and keep defending the progressive stance that the nation has been following in
07:54the past years,
07:55and the other is going to be surrendering its national resources, the national resources of the nation.
08:02And also, it's going to become another puppet of Washington's policy and Washington's hegemony.
08:12So this is the two paths that Brazil is at the gates of following.
08:17And, of course, we will keep following very closely as well all of the latest information.
08:25This is, at this very moment, an irreversible outcome.
08:33With 96.04% of the ballots counted,
08:41Flavio Bolsonaro is leading the race with 47.55% of the votes,
08:48as opposed to incumbent President Luis Ignacio Lula da Silva with 44.54% of the votes in his favour.
09:05That is information and also following all of the analysis that we have been having here throughout the past week,
09:14regarding the importance, regarding what is at stake, regarding how Brazil is arriving to this election,
09:22and that includes as well the statements and also the connotation that sovereignty has had throughout the past weeks,
09:31with also clear stances that show how Washington is not disguising its intentions to interfere
09:41in the vote attempts, in the voting tensions as well of the electorate in Brazil.
09:48Also, there are even headlines from some news media outlets saying that precisely Donald Trump saved Bolsonaro's son
10:00in the election in the midst of this electoral race.
10:04And that gives an idea of how penetrated it has been Brazil and the far right,
10:13in matters of how the US is also lending a hand and favouring some candidates as opposed to the others.
10:25something that has happened as well in other nations of Latin America, for example in Honduras and other nations.
10:34So, it is a very important, this is not just another election for Brazilians,
10:41it is not just another election for Latin America, it is the election of the major progressive power of the
10:50continent,
10:51that is also playing a crucial role in the multipolar world and also in the attempts of the world to
11:00open,
11:01to open other ways in an hegemony, in the phase of an hegemony in decay,
11:06that is the hegemony of the United States and its western allies.
11:10So, we are not just speaking about an election that is going to be crucial for a certain amount of
11:21people on that nation,
11:23but it is actually an election that is going to be impactful in the whole world,
11:28in the whole attempts of the, as well, the international community with an important representation at the United Nations.
11:38Let's recall that precisely Brazil tends to open every year as it is tradition,
11:45the United Nations General Assembly in every age of its tradition for the past years.
11:50So, we are not just merely speaking about a Latin American country, but we are speaking about a country that
11:57has an influence,
11:58that has a legacy, that has a leadership as well in the international community as a whole, in the multipolar
12:05world,
12:06in, for example, international mechanisms such as the BRICS that are, let's say, the alternative of the world
12:17in finding other ways of openness, of trade, of mutual development, of mutual benefit.
12:28We are speaking about an election that is going to be impactful as well in the relationship that Brazil holds
12:38with China,
12:39the second power of China, the second power of the world, and also its relationship between,
12:49the relationship of China with the, with Latin America as a whole has an important, an important pattern,
12:59an important aspect, and that is the presence, the strong relationship that has been built throughout the years
13:05with a giant of Latin America, that is Brazil.
13:10So, also we are speaking about a nation that has huge natural resources, that has as well an important aspect
13:22for the planet,
13:23such as the Amazon, that also provides with fresh water, provides with air, improving air quality.
13:31So, we are speaking about a country that has an important reservoir of minerals, of red earths as well.
13:45So, it is no surprise that the United States wants to have an ally at the Planalto Palace,
13:54and that is why it is so important for Washington to have that space, to have also that front earned
14:04with the presence of the son of an ally of Donald Trump,
14:12and that is Heidi Bolsonaro, who is at this moment currently facing jail for the attentive coup d'etat that
14:22was performed on the year that Lula gained power after,
14:29also a very tight election, but in which he, he was the winner.
14:34And it is, we are speaking also about a country that is facing currently also political tensions.
14:45It is facing as well scandals that are involving one of the candidates, and that is Flavio Bolsonaro,
14:53with all of the dirty businesses that his family has even, that have as well with members of the White
15:05House, such as President Donald Trump.
15:08So, this is the panorama at this very hour.
15:13Brazil has a result at this hour, an irreversible result, and that is, that is heading, it is heading to
15:21a runoff election.
15:23It is running to a runoff election that is going to be held on October 25th.
15:29The campaign, let's recall, ahead of this result, was marked by corruption scandals, by economic concerns, occupying accusations of U
15:43.S. interference.
15:45Let's recall, and let's not forget, the statements that President Luis Ignacio Lula da Silva gave at the 81st session
15:55of the United Nations General Assembly,
15:57and that is, that Brazil is going to be in no one's backyard.
16:03Those were his statements.
16:05He also met in the framework of, and on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly.
16:13He met with Sodom Mamdani, the Major of New York City, and that encounter was pretty special,
16:19because there, the leader of Brazil, gave a strong stance regarding the sovereignty that Brazil was going to,
16:29and it was willing to keep defending from the class of Washington and its predator desires of acquiring, of having
16:40access,
16:40of being benefited by the vast national resources of the nation,
16:46those resources that are also tightly linked to the idea of sovereignty that President Lula has been defending,
16:56while also acquiring social international recognition, social international attention,
17:03following as well his stance, his presence at the United Nations General Assembly.
17:11And this is not just at stake, the fact that Brazil is playing a key and fundamental role in also
17:21using its voice
17:22to defend social causes and just causes of the world, such as the Palestinian cause, such as, as well,
17:32its true and repeated intentions of keep defending the national sovereignty of the nation.
17:41It is, the count, the vote counting remains on the way, with a very, very, ballots away from the final,
17:52from the truly and latest results of this contest, with, that is also having an irreversible outcome,
18:03that is, that Brazil is going to be heading to a runoff election that is unrevocable at this very stage
18:13of the ballot counting.
18:18So, it is expected as well that the candidates, both of the candidates, address the nation and acknowledge this result.
18:31And it was also a possibility that perhaps one of them, mostly Bolsonaro, did not agree with these results,
18:44but at this very moment it is very expected in this such a tight race that the candidates offer statements
18:53and address the nation,
18:55giving you an update on how the ballot counting is.
18:59Well, at this very moment, with 98.72% of all of the ballots counted,
19:06Flavio Bolsonaro is leading with 47.25% of the votes, while not too far away from him it is
19:16the incumbent president, Lula da Silva, with 44.90%.
19:23It is also important to highlight that there, there is a 21%, over 21% of abstentions in this general
19:38elections,
19:38that were also called to, also it was, there was as well a call for 159 million eligible voters to
19:53cast their ballots as well for governors, for senators as well,
19:58as well as members of Congress in this Sunday's elections.
20:04The presidential race is in its final, final, final stage, with voters facing as well a two-candidate choice for
20:15October 25th.
20:18And also, with this last minute information, Brazil, at this very moment, it is confirmed, with over 98% of
20:28the ballots counted, it is confirmed that Brazil is going to have a run-off election,
20:33that is scheduled for October 25th, just three weeks from now.
20:40And also, it is going to have two contenders, and that is the incumbent president, Luis Ignacio Lula da Silva,
20:48that is going to be facing as well, the eldest son of former president, Jair Bolsonaro, and that is Flávio
20:57Bolsonaro,
20:58that is representing the far right of the nation, the business sector, and also is going as well, at this
21:08very moment,
21:09with very few votes away from one another, it has been a very tight race, with Bolsonaro having just a
21:19little over 47%,
21:22and with Lula having just a little over 44%.
21:27This is what is happening at this hour, this is breaking news, we are following minutes after minutes until all
21:34ballots are counted.
21:36Brazil is going, at this very moment, it is an irreversible result, and that is that Brazil is going to
21:44be heading to a second round of presidential election,
21:49after none of the candidates secure the majority of ballot votes required to win the presidency upright in this Sunday's
21:58first round.
21:58The runoff, as we were informing, is set for October 25th, with the two leading candidates, incumbent presidents Luis Ignacio
22:08Lula da Silva and Flávio Bolsonaro,
22:11advancing to the decisive vote. Let's recall that Brazil's electoral system requires a candidate to receive more than half of
22:20the ballot votes to win the presidency in the first round.
22:24And if no candidate, and that is what happened today, if no candidate reaches that threshold, the top two candidates
22:31face each other in a runoff,
22:34and that is precisely what we are going to be witnessing. And we are going to be witnessing as well
22:39two different political ideologies,
22:42two different political approaches, and the future of Brazil depends on whatever outcome results from October 21st.
22:52It remains to be seen in a nation that also has a powerful stance in Latin America for the balance
23:00of powers in the region,
23:02but also that it is very deeply connected to the multipolar world, to the building of that multipolar world,
23:10with its participation as well in such an important mechanism, in such an important alternative,
23:17and that is the BRICS, the BRICS that also comprises all of the developing nations from the Global South,
23:26and is having as well such an important impact in that future, in that shared future that humanity is centered
23:37to achieve,
23:38and it is also going to be impactful as well in the Global South, in the international relations of the
23:45nation,
23:46in the relationship that it holds as well with major powers such as China and Russia,
23:53that it are several key aspects that are going to be very at the center of the debate for the
24:03country citizens,
24:05and also for the whole humanity, and that is what is going to happen with that future, with that idea
24:16of the building,
24:18achieving a multipolar world with openness, with the share of benefits between those who are involved in that mechanism,
24:31that multilateral mechanism as well, but also for the stance of Brazil at the United Nations,
24:39at the United Nations and all of its agencies as well.
24:43We are speaking about a giant nation that today involved over 158,000, millions of boaters.
24:53We are speaking about a massive country, the giant of Latin America,
24:59that comprises one of the most important reservoirs of natural resources on the planet,
25:07with the Amazon as well being such a rich source of drinking water, of fresh air as well.
25:18We are speaking as well about a nation that is willing, as President Luisa Nassolula da Silva has said before
25:29on so many occasions,
25:30that is willing to keep defending its achievements, to keep defending its sovereignty.
25:38That has been the key word for this electoral process, that is sovereignty.
25:47And every single eye of the world, the international community has its eyes as well upon Brazil.
25:55This is a step that was needed, but now there are no official results of a single winner.
26:06We have two candidates that are going to be again facing each other on October 25th.
26:15Let's give you another update of the ballot counting, and that is 98.92% of the ballots counted.
26:25Bolsonaro keeps holding 47.22%.
26:28President Lula is cutting up that gap that puts him a little bit behind Bolsonaro, and now he is reporting
26:3944.94% of the ballots.
26:44So we are facing, we have been facing, as all polls showed as well, a very tight race, a very
26:54tight political campaign as well,
26:58that has been faced by scandals involving, involving as well Jail Bolsonaro's son.
27:06Let's recall that there is a scheme that has been, that it is under investigation, and that is for the
27:13filmmaking of a movie that has his father,
27:19Jail Bolsonaro, as the key figure.
27:22It is a movie dedicated to him that has been involving millions of US dollars, and that is under investigation.
27:32The vote counting, we have been following very closely the campaign, the vote counting is at this hour at 99%.
27:43So we are just 1% away from the final result.
27:49So far it is very certain that there is going to be a run of election, and as the ballots
27:56are being counted,
27:58incumbent President Luis Ignacio Lula da Silva is shorting its breach very close to Flavio Bolsonaro.
28:10So 99% of the ballots are counted at this hour.
28:15Bolsonaro is holding the same 47% that he has been holding for a few moments,
28:21and President Lula is getting closer to that number with over 44.90% of the ballots counted on his
28:30favour.
28:31So we are witnessing, we have been witnessing a very complicated race in which it has been marked by interference
28:39from foreign powers, of course, because what it entails, what Brazil entails, not just for the nation,
28:48not just for Brazilians, but also of the influence that Brazil has upon Latin America on preserving peace in the
28:58region,
28:59of preserving stability as well, political stability, which is very important, and also its relationship with the multipolar world.
29:07So it is what is happening, it is last minute information that we are bringing from here to you,
29:13so you are aware of everything that has happened in Brazil, in election day, very crucial election for Brazilians,
29:21but as we have been informing, not just for Brazil, but also for the whole world that has its eyes
29:27upon Brazil.
29:28At this very hour, at this very moment, there is going to be a runoff election in Brazil on October
29:3425th,
29:35with two rivals, President Luís Inácio Lula da Silva and far-right candidate Flávio Bolsonaro.
29:41Stay tuned with us, we are going to keep informing you on every detail from Brazil.