The Chinese won Brazil’s Presidential election when their candidate, Lula da Silva, won re-election for the third time. He defeated the American candidate, Senator Flavio Bolsanaro, the son of the former President, Jair Messias Bolsanaro. Lula lost in the first round of votes but came back in the run-off to defeat Bolsonaro by a 51-48-point margin.
Bolsonaro is disputing the election. Not wanting to end up like his father, Bolsonaro has fled to America, with the blessings of President Trump. However, the President is reportedly not going to back Bolsonaro’s claim he is the rightful President of Brazil. The U.S. press (the progressive state press) is celebrating the Chinese win because it stymies their own President, Trump.
The controversy with the election began when a Lula-supporting activist judge decided to extend the closing hour of the polls by 2 hours. It is believed this is where Lula “manufactured” the votes he needed to hold on to power. The win by Lula assures China will continue to have a strong presence in South America. It also means Brazilians will face draconian social media censorship laws.
Flavio Bolsonaro Declares Himself Rightful President Of Brazil, Denounces ‘Tyranny’ After Fleeing To US– dailycaller.com
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Flavio Bolsonaro proclaimed himself the rightful president of Brazil after losing Sunday’s election and fleeing to the United States to dodge a court-ordered travel ban.
Liberal Party Sen. Flavio Bolsonaro reached Miami on Tuesday, having refused to surrender his passports, according to Reuters. He first called himself Brazil’s “elected president” in a letter on X, then deleted it posted another message describing himself as the country’s rightful “leader.” He blamed his loss on an electoral coup by the Supreme Court and Workers’ Party President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.
Lula won the runoff with 51.79% of the vote to Bolsonaro’s 48.21%, a gap of about 4.43 million ballots, according to Latin Times. The federal electoral court, foreign governments, and Bolsonaro’s own party accepted the outcome, Reuters reported.
“I want to say, not only to my 60 million voters but to the Brazilian people, that I am the leader and that the criminals who stole Brazil’s election are part of a criminal organization that has established a tyranny,” Bolsonaro wrote, according to Reuters.