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What challenges await Brazil's Lula in his fourth term as president?

Supporter of Brazil's Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva celebrate.
Supporter of Brazil's Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva celebrate after he won a fourth term as president in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on October 25, 2026. © Silvio Avila, AFP

President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva will have to wrestle with a divided Brazil, an unfriendly Congress, feeble public finances and a Donald Trump-shaped menace during his unprecedented fourth term.

Days before his 81st birthday, the former union leader won Sunday's runoff with 51.7 percent of the vote over 48.2 percent for his right-wing challenger Flavio Bolsonaro.

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