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John Otis

How an ex-president who had been jailed rose back to power over Brazil's far right

Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva speaks after winning the presidential runoff election in São Paulo on Sunday. (Nelson Almeida/AFP / Getty Images)

He won by a razor-thin margin over an opponent who refuses to concede. He'll take over a deeply polarized country with a troubled economy. And while some Brazilians are hopeful he can put the country back on track, others view him as a crook.

Despite engineering a stunning political comeback by winning the presidency in Sunday's runoff election over far-right incumbent Jair Bolsonaro, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva could face a short honeymoon — and a long four years in office.

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