Lea en español.Brazil’s government will appeal to the Supreme Court to try to save a controversial tax decree overturned by ...

Lula was then handed the presidential sash – a hugely symbolic act in Brazil that Bolsonaro had repeatedly said he would never do – by Aline Sousa, a Black garbage collector.

Brazil's Supreme Electoral Court declared Lula the next president, with 50.9% of votes versus 49.1% for Bolsonaro. The 77-year-old Lula's inauguration is scheduled for Jan. 1.

Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva insisted that he will run for reelection next year provided he remains healthy, ...

Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has defeated incumbent Jair Bolsonaro in an extremely tight election that marks an about-face for the country after four years of far-right politics.

Legal woes hang over the ex-president, who has called for several demonstrations in support of himself in recent months.

Former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva celebrates with his wife Rosangela Silva, left, and running mate Geraldo Alckmin, right, after defeating incumbent Jair Bolsonaro in a ...

Bolsonaro vs. Lula: A referendum on Brazil’s young democracy. When was he president? In 1980, Lula and a group of workers, intellectuals and artists founded the Workers’ Party in response to ...

“Lula is a myth. The Brazilian Mandela,” said Jussara Brito, 50, a nurse who said she saw too many patients die of the coronavirus, which Bolsonaro dismissed as a “little cold.” “Seeing ...

Lula, who governed Brazil for two terms from 2003-2010, hailed democracy as the true winner of the presidential vote, when he narrowly ousted Mr Bolsonaro in the most fraught election for a ...

But unlike in 2018, when Lula was ruled ineligible to run because of his 2017 conviction on corruption charges (since annulled) and Bolsonaro beat the inexperienced and relatively unknown Fernando ...

Bolsonaro and Lula face Brazil presidential run-off after close first vote. Final round to take place on 30 October as experts predict an ‘ugly’ election race . Holly Bancroft, Namita Singh.