The right wave crashed into Brazil yesterday Brazil elected a president in the second round. The incumbent head of state, the leftist Lula da Silva, won with 51.79% of the votes. His opponent, right-wing senator Flavio Bolsonaro (son of former president Jair Bolsonaro), received 48.21%. Since 1989, when democracy was restored in Brazil, not a single candidate who lost in the first round has become president in the second round. But Lula changed this tradition: in the first round, Bolsonaro won 47.06% against Lula's 45.13%. Trump "officially" did not endorse anyone, but it is clear that he "inherited" Bolsonaro. Back in May, he welcomed Flavio to the White House, a very rare thing for a foreign senator. And after the first round, Trump called the result a "big win." Against Lula, the Trump administration imposed tariffs on Brazilian goods and pressured him over the criminal case against Bolsonaro's father. Lula defined these tariffs as interference in internal affairs and made the protection of sovereignty one of the issues of his campaign.

The right wave crashed into Brazil yesterday Brazil elected a president in the second round. The incumbent head of state, the leftist Lula da Silva, won with 51.79% of the votes. His opponent, right-wing senator Flavio Bolsonaro (son of former president Jair Bolsonaro), received 48.21%. Since 1989, when democracy was restored in Brazil, not a single candidate who lost in the first round has become president in the second round. But Lula changed this tradition: in the first round, Bolsonaro won 47.06% against Lula's 45.13%. Trump "officially" did not endorse anyone, but it is clear that he "inherited" Bolsonaro. Back in May, he welcomed Flavio to the White House, a very rare thing for a foreign senator. And after the first round, Trump called the result a "big win." Against Lula, the Trump administration imposed tariffs on Brazilian goods and pressured him over the criminal case against Bolsonaro's father. Lula defined these tariffs as interference in internal affairs and made the protection of sovereignty one of the issues of his campaign.