Jair Bolsonaro is a far-right politician who has been the President of Brazil since 1 January 2019. A former military officer, he was a member of the Brazilian Social Democracy Party from 1988 until 2018, when he founded the right-wing populist Social Liberal Party.
He is a member of the Workers’ Party and was a prominent leader of the left-wing movement in Brazil. During his presidency, Lula da Silva helped to reduce poverty and inequality in Brazil and also increased the country’s economic growth. He is also credited with improving Brazil’s relations with other countries, particularly Latin America.
In The Brazilian Election, Lula Makes A Surprising Comeback To Beat Bosonaro
President Jair Bolsonaro of Brazil lost to Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva by a razor-thin margin in a runoff election. Still, the far-right incumbent had not recognized defeat by Monday morning, raising questions about whether he would challenge the outcome.
Tens of thousands of delighted supporters flooded the streets of Sao Paulo to celebrate the 77-year-old former metalworker’s spectacular comeback. After his last two terms as president, from 2003 to 2010, he was imprisoned for corruption charges that were later overturned.
Lula has vowed to undo his legacy, which includes pro-gun policies and lax protection of the Amazon rainforest. Bolsonaro is the first incumbent Brazilian president to lose an election.
The two candidates are virtually tied in opinion polls, but there is a strong possibility that Lula will not be able to run. In the latest poll released on Saturday, the former president has 29% of the vote against his far-right rival Jair Bolsonaro’s 2%, according to Datafolha.
The poll also found that Bolsonaro is the most preferred candidate to face Lula in a runoff. In the first round of voting, Lula and Bolsonaro would receive 19% and 18% of the vote, respectively, the poll showed. If Lula is barred from running, Bolsonaro will win in a runoff with 45% of the vote, against 29% for Lula’s stand-in, Fernando Haddad of the Workers Party, according to the poll.
Potential benefits of the push Significant polls released this week reveal that Lula’s lead is dwindling, with one finding the election deadlocked. And if the right-wing candidate prevails in the runoff election on October 30, the president, elected four years ago on a platform of budgetary restraint, is now doubling down on his pledges to maintain cutting taxes and giving money to those in need in Brazil.
Leaders from all over the world have expressed their congratulations since the announcement, including US President Joe Biden, who emphasized that the outcome came after free, fair, and credible elections. He continued by saying he was eager to continue working with them.
President of Russia Vladimir Putin also offered his sincere congratulations, stressing that the results had shown Lula’s strong political influence.
Many targets the poor and women, two groups that 67-year-old Bolsonaro has long struggled with. The president is gaining ground, but it still needs to be determined how much they are boosting his standing with them.
According to a study released by Datafolha on Wednesday, Bolsonaro received 48% of all legitimate votes excluding blank and invalid ballots an increase of 1% from four days earlier. The 76-year-old opposition leader would receive 52%, a pointless, although the change was within the poll’s error range of two percentage points.
Just on Wednesday, Bolsonaro declared that if elected, he will keep federal fuel taxes at zero and enhance financing for Brazilian cities the following year. Additionally, he pledged that his economic czar would eliminate taxes on thousands of produced goods by the end of 2023 to revive the industry.