Jair Bolsonaro, a right-wing autocrat, has lost his reelection bid, losing by an uncomfortably thin margin to Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva
, he guided Brazil through a commodities boom that aided social welfare programs and pulled millions up from poverty in the country of more than 216 million people.
Leading up to Sunday’s nail-biting, tight contest, Lula da Silva was ahead in the initial October election, with 6 million more votes than Bolsonaro and around 5 percentage points. However, Bolsonaro had the lead in pivotal southeastern states, including São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro.
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