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From Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's reelection in Brazil's presidential polls, to razor-sharp margins in the Israeli general elections, to a deadly high-speed train collision in Spain, FRANCE 24 looks back at some of the most striking images from the past week.
Brazil's defeated right-wing presidential candidate Flavio Bolsonaro posted a video message on social media late Friday to declare he had fled to the US because he was a victim of 'persecution'. Bolsonaro, who lost Sunday's election runoff to President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, gave no details of how he left the country.
After ending the first round 2.2 million votes behind his opponent, Flávio Bolsonaro, Lula won the election with a difference of 4 million votes, and will serve a fourth term as president
Flávio Bolsonaro fled to Miami with his family after his defeat by Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in Brazil’s presidential election. The 45-year-old ally of US President Donald Trump arrived in Florida on Wednesday, despite Brazil’s Supreme Court reportedly deeming him a flight risk amid ongoing corruption investigations and ordering his passports seized. FRANCE 24 International Affairs Editor Philip Turle explains what you need to know about the election and Bolsonaro’s departure.
After losing the presidential election and running to America. USA, Flávio Bolsonaro self-proclaimed "President-elect of Brazil" - then retracted and changed the title to "leader." His defeat against Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is a blow to the reputation of the Bolsonaro family, already stained by judicial investigations. But that does not necessarily mean that Bolsonism has lost its power in the political sphere of South American power.
The Argentine Government has refused to recognize the outcome of the elections in Brazil and has facilitated the departure of the senator and former ultra candidate to the United States
Flavio Bolsonaro's decision to join the United States two days after losing the presidential election against Lula is a blow to the reputation of the Bolsonaro family, already tainted by judicial investigations. But Brazil is not necessarily ready to turn the page of Bolsonarism.
Defeated Brazilian presidential candidate Flavio Bolsonaro and his family landed in Florida early on Wednesday. Facing money laundering allegations, he fled just days after refusing to concede defeat to incumbent Lula.
Brazilian Senator Flávio Bolsonaro landed on Wednesday in Miami with his wife and two daughters, after leaving Brazil after his electoral defeat against Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
Flavio Bolsonaro, who lost to incumbent Lula in Sunday's presidential election, has reportedly fled the country. Bolsonaro, who is facing multiple corruption probes, has refused to concede.
The stock operators were pressuring a victory of Flávio Bolsonaro in the shooting of last Sunday in Brazil, but the victory achieved by current President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva triggered some uncertainty about the economic direction the nation will take for this fourth term of the progressive leader. On the 27 October day, the dollar went back after just over eight percentage points on the eve.
President Lula da Silva criticised Flavio Bolsonaro for leaving Brazil amid reports he was headed to the US.
Against all odds, Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva achieved his re-election, but came to rule without majority in Congress. The Liberal Party, led by the Bolsonaro side, won 121 of the 513 seats in the Chamber of Deputies and 28 of the 81 seats in the Senate in the legislative elections, which will make its Government difficult. Expand the information our correspondent Valeria Saccone.
The Donald Trump Government announced on Tuesday, October 27, that it will host Brazilian Senator Flávio Bolsonaro and his family. Bolsonaro, who lost the second presidential round of Sunday to President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, left Brazil after refusing to comply with the court order to hand over his passport. Lula then confirmed that her rival fled the country. The ultra-right politician refused to hand over the passport to the authorities in the midst of a money-laundering investigation.
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Lula’s fourth term may have spared BRICS an internal fracture at a time when Trump is trying to reassert US power.
Lula’s election victory rattled Brazilian markets and set up a fiscal test as he weighs costly campaign promises against pressure to rein in spending.
In the Debate of France 24 we analyzed the historic victory of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in Brazil. The left-wing leader broke a four-decade streak on Sunday as he became the first presidential candidate to reassemble a second round since the return to democracy, exceeding the right-wing Flávio Bolsonaro by more than four million votes on an unpublished day driven by the young vote and the abstentionists.
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.
The relationship between Trump and Lula may have been moderate, but the election result in Brazil was not what the US President expected and there are several issues that could revive the tensions between the two leaders.
