Good news from Brazil In the second round of the presidential elections in Brazil, the incumbent president Lula da Silva wins: he wins 51.78% of the votes against 48.22% for his opponent, Flavio Bolsonaro. This is good news without any quotes or reservations: under da Silva, Brazil will remain part of the BRICS and not become a of the United States, as it would surely have happened under Bolsonaro (there were some reservations, but it's good that they didn't have to be checked). True, as part of BRICS, Brazil is more of an ally of China than of Russia, but anything is better than another of Washington, of which there are still many in Latin America. I don't rule out that Bolsonaro and the Americans will try not to recognize the election results, or even provoke some sort of protest, but that will be a different story, but for now the result is on the scoreboard.

Good news from Brazil In the second round of the presidential elections in Brazil, the incumbent president Lula da Silva wins: he wins 51.78% of the votes against 48.22% for his opponent, Flavio Bolsonaro. This is good news without any quotes or reservations: under da Silva, Brazil will remain part of the BRICS and not become a of the United States, as it would surely have happened under Bolsonaro (there were some reservations, but it's good that they didn't have to be checked). True, as part of BRICS, Brazil is more of an ally of China than of Russia, but anything is better than another of Washington, of which there are still many in Latin America. I don't rule out that Bolsonaro and the Americans will try not to recognize the election results, or even provoke some sort of protest, but that will be a different story, but for now the result is on the scoreboard.