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Added on the 04/10/2022 11:44:58 - Copyright : France 24 EN
Supporters of Jair Bolsonaro pack up a giant banner that reads "Bolsonaro 2022" outside Congress in Brasilia, after their candidate lost the presidential runoff to veteran leftist Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. Lula emerged victorious with 50.83 percent of the vote to 49.17 percent for Bolsonaro, according to election authorities. IMAGES
Supporters of far-right president Jair Bolsonaro cry and pray as Brazil's veteran leftist Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva was elected president by a hair's breadth, beating the incumbent in a down-to-the-wire poll that split the country in two. IMAGES
Thousands of people turn up to a rally called by former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro in Sao Paulo, to reject claims he plotted a coup with allies to remain in power after his failed 2022 reelection bid. Investigators say the far-right ex-army captain led a plot to falsely discredit the Brazilian election system and prevent the winner of the vote, leftist President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, from taking power. A week after Lula took office on January 1, 2023, thousands of Bolsonaro supporters stormed the presidential palace, Congress and Supreme Court, urging the military to intervene to overturn what they called a stolen election. IMAGES
Brazil's president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva meets with members of cabinet at Planalto presidential palace in Brasilia after supporters of far-right ex-president Jair Bolsonaro unleashed scenes of chaos in the capital. IMAGES
Brazilian president-elect Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva meets with Argentine president Alberto Fernandez in Sao Paulo after the veteran leftist defeated the far-right incumbent president Jair Bolsonaro in a divisive presidential election. IMAGES
Supporters of veteran leftist Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva celebrate as he gets in front of far-right incumbent Jair Bolsonaro with more than 70% of the polling stations reporting in Brazil's down-to-the-wire presidential runoff election. IMAGES
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