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In Brazil, Lula's re-election as president was welcomed with relief by environmentalists, although he remains criticized for his support for oil exploration off the Amazon. After hosting COP30 in Belém in 2025, Lula maintains its goal of ending deforestation by 2030. But in a federal state, and without a majority in Congress, the Brazilian president will have limited room for manoeuvre.
In Brazil, Lula won well against Flavio Bolsonaro, with 51.8% of the vote against 48.2% for the senator. A surprise, as the polls placed the far right candidate slightly ahead of the outgoing president for the second round of the presidential election.
In Brazil, the Stock Exchange dives by 17% and real, the Brazilian currency, falls by 8%. How can this market reaction be explained? What does it reveal about expectations and concerns about the re-elected left-wing president? Decryption of the challenges of Lula's new mandate with Sébastien Velut, geographer and research director at the Research Institute for Development.
After his re-election as President of Brazil, Lula began a new term with several major issues on the agenda. How can we respond to insecurity, fight poverty and manage social networks? These projects test its ability to gather and translate its commitments into concrete measures. Decryption of the social, security and digital challenges facing the Brazilian President with Antoine Mariotti.
In Brazil, it's a surprise: Flavio Bolsonaro, ultra-conservative and son of former President Jair Bolsonaro, came out ahead of the first round of the presidential election this Sunday, with 47% of the vote against 45% for outgoing President Lula. The 45-year-old senator and the 80-year-old outgoing president will face for the second round on October 25. In an ultra-polarized country, everyone hopes to recover abstentionists and postponements.
Beyond Flavio Bolsonaro, who led the first round of the Brazilian presidential election on Sunday, the whole family came out victorious in the general elections, especially during the legislative elections.
In #Brazil, the electoral campaign is in full swing. Nearly 159 million voters are called to the polls to elect their deputies, their senators, but above all their president. If the vote is secret, the colours and faces of the candidates are displayed everywhere on the streets, even on goodies and derivatives. A real trade has developed. Our correspondent Fanny Lothaire went to the markets in Rio to discover this phenomenon.
At 80, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is a candidate for his re-election as head of Brazil on Sunday. And to run for a fourth term, the former metal worker relied on his popularity and a solid balance sheet with a revitalized economy. But in the face of Donald Trump's pressure, he struggles to mobilize. To the point of being at the elbow-to-neck in the polls with his far right rival, Flavio Bolsonaro.
In Brazil, the President, to be held on 4 October, will oppose outgoing President Lula and Flávio Bolsonaro, the eldest son of former President Jair Bolsonaro, who is serving a 27-year prison sentence for attempted coup d'état. The polls draw a second tight turn between the two men. Another issue of the campaign is American interference. Lula intends to ask Donald Trump not to interfere with the Brazilian election, while Washington has imposed new surcharges on the country.
