Ex-Brazilian President, da Silva, makes stunning comeback, beats incumbent Bolsonaro in presidential poll

Former Brazilian President, Luiz Inácio “Lula” da Silva, has made a stunning comeback to power after defeating the incumbent President Jair Bolsonaro in the country’s presidential election held on Saturday.

The 76-year-old Silva’s victory heralds a new era of politics in the Southern American country, representing the return of the leftist into power after defeating Bolsonaro’s far-right party.

According to the country’s media, the return of the former President also concludes a triumphant personal comeback for Lula da Silva after a series of corruption allegations led to his imprisonment for 580 days.

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The sentences were later annulled by the Supreme Court, which cleared the path to run for re-election.

The reports stated that Lula da Silva will take the reins of a country plagued by gross inequality and is still struggling to recover from the Covid-19 pandemic with approximately 9.6 million people falling under the poverty line between 2019 and 2021.

Lula da Silva will also be faced with a deeply fractured nation and urgent environmental issues, including rampant deforestation in the Amazon, the report stated.

This will be his third term after previously governing Brazil for two consecutive terms between 2003 and 2010.

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