Comeback kid: How did Brazil veteran-leader Lula upset Bolsonaro?
Summary
Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva won the 2026 presidential runoff against far-right candidate Flavio Bolsonaro, reversing a 2.2 million-vote deficit from the first round into a 4.4 million-vote victory. The program examines Lula’s campaign turnaround, including its use of WhatsApp, and considers Brazil’s foreign-policy balancing act and the wider significance of the result.Key Facts
- Lula won the presidential runoff against Flavio Bolsonaro on October 25, 2026.
- Lula went from trailing by 2.2 million votes in the first round to winning by 4.4 million votes in the runoff.
- The article says Lula became the first candidate since Brazil returned to democracy in the 1980s to win a runoff after trailing in the first round.
- The campaign was bitter, and Lula sometimes appeared to show his age, according to the article.
- Congressman André Janones organized campaign activity on Meta-owned WhatsApp during the runoff campaign.
- The program discusses Brazil’s relationship with the United States, China and other countries.
- The article notes that conservative and far-right candidates had performed well in many federal and state races three weeks earlier.
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