The polls were close, but left-wing Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva emerged triumphant in Brazil’s presidential election in the early hours of Monday, winning by less than two percent against Jair Bosonaro.
"I won, it is my victory, like everyone I am crying with joy," said voter Mary Alves Silva, 53, a retired banker. She noted that this win was also for the stricken Amazon rainforest and its Indigenous inhabitants.
