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Sunday October 30, Lula won the presidential election by a short margin against the incumbent president, I have r Bolsonaro. The new head of state must now set about uniting a country that is more divided than ever.
Tires are on fire to block traffic in a city in western Brazil. This type of blocking operations has for follow-up all day Monday, October 31. The protesters pro-Bolsonaro do not accept the victory of Lulawho has already ruled the country twice. He was then imprisoned for corruption and exonerated for procedural flaws. At 77, the left-wing candidate wins on the wire with the tightest score in Brazilian democracy. “It was not a campaign of one man against another man, of one party against another party, it was the campaign of a group of people who love freedom and democracy against authoritarianism”said Lula.
Lula calls for unity as I have r Bolsonaro has yet to concede defeat. For now, he has not made any speeches and has only appeared far away in the presidential palace. Something to raise the tension. In the street, a woman supporter of Bolsonaro tries to tear down the flag of support for Lula. “One was a thief, the other is an impostor, there were no real choices for us”thinks a Brazilian.