00:01Brazil's President, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, has won an unprecedented fourth term.
00:08In a shock result that defied polls and precedent, he beat Senator Flavio Bolsonaro,
00:15eldest son of former President Jair Bolsonaro, in Sunday's runoff.
00:19With 99,9% of valid votes and a nominal vote of more than 64 million votes, President Luiz Inácio
00:29Lula da Silva was re-elected and will be the 40th President of the Federal Republic of
00:35Brazil for a mandate that will begin in January 5, 2027.
00:41Flavio had topped the first round, hoping to revive his father's far-right movement.
00:47Lula's win halts a wave of right-wing election victories across Latin America.
00:52His re-election once looked like a long shot.
00:55Voters had soured on him and his Workers' Party over corruption scandals and rising prices,
01:01and he appeared out of touch with an app-based economy and its growing ranks of informal workers.
01:08It's another comeback for the 80-year-old.
01:10He was jailed from 2018 to 2019 on corruption charges, later overturned,
01:17which paved the way for his 2022 win over Jair Bolsonaro.
01:22Pollsters say better-than-expected turnout powered the victory.
01:26The result also denies U.S. President Donald Trump a major addition to a growing block
01:32of friendly right-wing governments in Latin America that have embraced Washington's agenda on security and migration.
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