"Lula" (Luiz Inacio Lula de Silva) has beaten Jair "Trump With an Actual Tan" Bolsonaro. The election was far too close (50.9% to 49.1%) and that only means that Bolsonaro can embrace a Trumpist rejection of the election results.
On January 6th, there were too many members of law enforcement and the military who were either too slow to respond or too slow to take the threat seriously, but for the most part, senior law enforcement and military figures were on the right side of history. Brazil's democracy is far newer and more fragile and Bolsonaro has closer ties to the military than Trump ever did.
Hopefully, the Brazilian military does the right thing and keeps this vile man from usurping power.
Worth keeping an eye on.
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