Ace Breaking News – There was global media coverage of the re-election of Brazil’s president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, following a tense battle with his far-right opponent Flávio Bolsonaro. The Associated Press says Lula’s surprise victory “provides relief to critics of widening US influence in Latin America” by Eléonore Hughes, Mauricio Savarese and Anna-Catherine Brigida, The Associated Press

The newswire says Lula, who is nearly 81, had a lead of 4.4m votes, giving him 51.8% of the vote.

In an interview with the Guardianpublished just before the runoff vote, Lula’s former environment Marina Silva warned that, if Bolsonaro was elected, he would “try to finish his father’s ‘perverse project’ to destroy the Amazon”.

The New York Timessaid over the weekend the “future of the Amazon rainforest could depend on who wins”. See Carbon Brief’s analysis published last month: “Lula presidency saved at least 20,000km2 of Brazilian Amazon since 2022.”

In Brazil, O Globo notes that it was a “coalition between the north-east and major urban centres which secured Lula’s victory”.

An editorial in Folha de S.Paulo argues that “it is urgent that arrogance does not prevent him from understanding the significance of his victory…it will be necessary to choose between a harsh and potentially unpopular adjustment, rejected during the campaign, and the path to economic collapse”.

Meanwhile, Bloomberg writes: “Traders are bracing for steep losses across Brazilian markets Monday after President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva pulled off a stunning comeback to defeat Flávio Bolsonaro, the right-wing candidate that many investors preferred.”

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