Defenders of the Amazon rainforest were overcome with relief after Brazil’s Jair Bolsonaro was turfed out of office.
In a razor-thin win for new leader Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, voters kicked out the “Trump of the Tropics” after just one term following a bitterly fought battle between the left and the right.
In a resounding victory for climate activists, the result was hailed as a crucial tipping point by environmentalists who have been critical of Bolsonaro’s destruction of the Amazon.
