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Bolsonaro: 34,075,731 (50.15%)
Lula: 33,875,731 (49.85%)
57.57% REPORTING
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Bolsonaro: 36,148,921 (50.10%)
Lula: 36,008,584 (49.90%)
61.06% REPORTING
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:lol: :lol:
And, as always, bye bye.
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100% counted


LULA
50.90%
60,345,999 votes

JAIR BOLSONARO
49.10%
58,206,354 votes


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Another round of politicians and high-profile right-wing people removed from social networks today, specially twitter and instagram. It's usually the vocal opposition, people like this guy who had to flee the country a few years ago as they wanted him to be put in jail for spreading "fake news"'; another fun fact from him: the brazilian federal count tried to put him on a wanted level @ the interpol. Interpol and the USA have denied the accusations and the extradition as they were obviously ideological in nature.

Anyway, today my city had a protest crushed by the federal police with gas bombs and rubber bullets. No protesting for you, said the federal court (STF)... they threatened huge daily fines for the federal police officers if they didn't intervene to crush protest all over the country.

With that, Brazil joins the celebration of democracy together with Latam countries like Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Venezuela and Cuba.
It's over. Another decade bites the dust for the entire continent (some countries are already ahead in their decay, like Venezuela and Argentina [cuba doens't count as they are a sh*thole since the 60s]). Might as well burn the whole thing down when they leave office (if). :roll:

Well, at least we are safe from mean tweets now.

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Cherry on top are the local dictators cheering for "democracy man" (like my previous post but also this one):

And, as always, bye bye.
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Brazil's Bolsonaro signals cooperation with transfer of power, but does not concede election defeat
Source: CNN
Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro on Tuesday said he would “follow all the orders and prescriptions of the constitution” during a short and ambiguous speech at the presidential palace in Brasilia, after days of silence following his election loss to the leftist former leader Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.

He did not explicitly concede defeat, though the event appeared to signal his intention to cooperate with the transfer of power. Speaking after the President, his chief of staff Ciro Nogueira said that he would work with the new government and is waiting for Lula da Silva’s transition team to begin the handover.

“Contrary to what my opponents say I always played within the limits of our constitution,” Bolsonaro said, without congratulating Lula da Silva, who won with 50.9% of the vote, while Bolsonaro gained 49.1%.

The President-elect received the most votes in Brazilian history – more than 60 million votes, breaking his own record from 2006 by almost two million votes, according to the election authority’s final tally.

Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/01/americas ... index.html
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Brazil Election: Scientists Cheer Lula Victory Over Bolsonaro
by Jeff Tollefson
October 31, 2022

Introduction:
(Nature) Scientists breathed a sigh of relief on Sunday as Brazil narrowly elected Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva as president, ousting its current leader, who they say disregarded science, weakened environmental policies and disparaged minorities.

Overcoming a 19-month stint in prison on corruption charges that were tossed out in 2021, Lula received nearly 51% of the vote in a run-off election against the right-wing incumbent Jair Bolsonaro. Lula, a leftist labour leader and former president, will take office in January.

“Today is a very hopeful day here in Brazil,” says Elisa Orth, a chemist at the Federal University of Paraná in Curitiba. Orth has watched students walk away from science over the past several years, while Bolsonaro slashed research funding and attacked scientists, academics and others. With Lula, Orth says, “we voted for somebody who believes in science, who believes in education”.

Scientists and academics had largely lined up in favour of Lula, who garnered international fame during his first two terms in office, from 2003 to 2010, for promoting sustainable development, lifting millions out of poverty and sharply reducing deforestation in the Amazon. The Workers’ Party that he leads has invested heavily in science, innovation and education.

By contrast, during his presidency, Bolsonaro cut science budgets, curbed the enforcement of environmental policies and promoted misinformation about COVID-19 and vaccines during the pandemic, which killed more than 685,000 people in Brazil.
Read more here: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-022-03523-9
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