Media from around the world echoed this Monday the victory of Lula da Silva in the presidential elections in Brazil on Sunday, highlighting the defeat of the extreme right, but also the “profound polarization” of the country.
In Argentina, one of Brazil’s neighboring countries, the newspaper Clarín highlights how the elections were “a vote-by-vote struggle” between Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, of the Workers’ Party (PT, left) and Jair Bolsonaro (extreme ). right), winning the first by a difference of less than two percentage points.
Lula da Silva, with 50.9% of the votes, when 99.8% were counted, “returns to the presidency 12 years later”, by a “small margin” and “will have to have a political belt to negotiate with the parliament” and “to recover an economy in crisis,” adds Clarín.
Also in Argentina, La Nación assures that Lula da Silva “has achieved his political resurrection” after “a traumatic campaign that divided Brazil like never before” in recent history.
Still on the American continent, but in the north, in the United States, The New York Times writes that Lula da Silva experienced on Sunday “an amazing political renaissance” that put an end to the era “of the turbulent” Jair Bolsonaro “as the most powerful “. leader in the region.
The North American television network CNN also highlights the Brazilian elections on its website and also highlights the victory of Lula da Silva in this second round of the Brazilian presidential elections, from which the right-wing candidate emerged, who had received public support of former Americans. President Donald Trump.
The Washington Post considers that the Brazilian electoral Sunday is the most important political moment in the country since the end of the dictatorship in 1985.
In Europe, the results of the elections in Brazil are published on the Internet pages of the main national newspapers.
In Portugal, Público writes that “Lula defeats Bolsonaro and returns to the Presidency of Brazil” and that the winner of the elections also held “the plenary session in Lisbon, Porto and Faro and wins in Portugal.”
Diário de Notícias says that “Lula returns to the presidency of Brazil 12 years later, for a divided country” and highlights one of the president-elect’s phrases in his victory speech: “It is time to lay down arms.”
In Spain, the newspaper El País reports, in a report, that “Avenida Paulista bursts with joy” with the victory of Lula da Silva and outlines a profile of the President-elect, with the title “a resurrection”, considering him “the most member of the Latin American left” which for the third time manages to reach the presidency “of the largest regional economy”.
El Mundo also publishes a profile of Lula da Silva, with the title “From prison for corruption to the political renaissance”, underlines how the victory was “by the minimum”, considers that “the deep polarization” is “the great challenge of the new Brazilian leader” and highlights one of the phrases of the victory speech: “They tried to bury me alive but here I am”.
In France, Le Monde highlights the “short” difference with which Lula won, and Liberation writes that a “red phoenix defeated the Brazilian extreme right.”
In the United Kingdom, the Guardian newspaper also highlights that Lula da Silva defeated Bolsonaro’s extreme right “in the most important elections in decades” in Brazil.
Still in the United Kingdom, the BBC recalls that Lula da Silva was president of Brazil between 2003 and 2010 and writes that he returned to politics after being involved in “several corruption scandals.”
For The Independent, Lula da Silva makes an “impressive comeback as president of Brazil.”
In Asia, the South China Morning Post, which is published in Hong Kong, reports on Lula da Silva’s victory, writing that “all eyes are now on Bolsonaro to see if he accepts the result.”
Source: TSF
