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Added on the 24/11/2022 12:48:54 - Copyright : France 24 EN
Brazil's far-right President Jair Bolsonaro says "we expect victory, for the good of Brazil," as he leaves a polling station after casting his ballot in a tight presidential runoff in which he faces leftist ex-leader Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. IMAGES
Far-right President Jair Bolsonaro casts his vote in the second round of Brazil's presidential election, as the incumbent faces leftist ex-leader Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. IMAGES
Far-right incumbent Jair Bolsonaro casts his vote at a polling station in Rio de Janeiro in a polarising presidential election in which he faces leftist front-runner Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. IMAGES
While President Donald Trump busies himself with his apoplectic rejection of Joe Biden as president-elect, world leaders have swiftly moved on. In a sign of Biden's legitimacy, leaders of major democracies have stepped up to congratulate the President-elect Joe Biden in recent days. Doubtless salt to his wound, Trump's favorite network--Fox News--and media outlets across the board have also declared Biden the projected winner of the election. Business Insider reports that as a whole, EU leaders and even Israel and Turkey have congratulated Biden. Only Russia's Vladimir Putin, China's Xi Xing Ping, Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, and Brazil's Jair Bolsonaro have yet to join in.
Brazil's president-elect Jair Bolsonaro celebrates the announcement of his victory. IMAGES
Brazil's former president Jair Bolsonaro arrives at the Sao Paulo rally he called 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