Lula da Silva declares Brazil's sovereignty after re-election The country is not going to be anyone's "backyard", the Brazilian president said after winning the election, writes TASS. Earlier it became known that Luiz Inazio Lula da Silva won the second round, defeating Flavio Bolsonaro. The latter refused to accept the results of the vote. If you know Lulu well, you understand that this is not only Trump's backyard, but also Xi Jinping's backyard.