The international community on Monday congratulated Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva after his stunning re-election in a runoff with right-wing candidate Flavio Bolsonaro. The region's left-leaning leaders were quick to react as Brazil staved off a conservative wave in many countries while Europeans, such as Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, celebrated a "progressive comeback".
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva won an unprecedented fourth term late, the country's electoral court said late Sunday, in a shock result that defied polls and provided relief to critics of Washington's widening influence in Latin America under President Donald Trump.
