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Brazil holds its presidential runoff election on Oct. 30. Former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva failed to secure the simple majority needed for victory in the first round and will face current President Jair Bolsonaro. Shery Ahn is in Sao Paulo with a preview.

Sky News' Stuart Ramsay is in Sao Paulo where supporters of the Workers' Party Luiz Lula da Silva struggle to contain their excitement. The final results are still awaited, but as the poll closes people on the streets in Sao Paula seem energised for their candidate.

A supporter of ex-president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva holds a fake coffin with a portrait of incumbent president Jair Bolsonaro as the former holds a narrow lead over the latter with more than 90% of the polling stations reporting. Brazilians are on the edge of their seats awaiting final results from the bitterly divisive race between the two seen as too close to call.

Brazil’s former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and incumbent Jair Bolsonaro clashed in their first one-on-one debate Sunday, two weeks before the presidential election’s runoff.

Change is coming to Brazil after an historic election night that ousted far right incumbent Jair Bolsonaro in favor of former leftist president, Luiz Ignácio Lula da Silva. There were celebrations in the streets, as well as a humble acceptance speech from the victor. It will be the third term in office for Lula, 77, who promised to restore Brazil’s economy and protect the Amazon rainforest. Lula won just over 50% of the vote. Inside Edition Digital’s Mara Montalbano has more.

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro on Tuesday did not concede the election he lost to leftist Lula da Silva

Brazilians head to the polls this Sunday in what's dubbed the country’s most important election ever. Former president Lula da Silva leads incumbent Jair Bolsonaro by a handful of points. And it’s been a tumultuous campaign, riddled by fake news. Michael Fox brings us this story from southern Brazil.

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Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has done it again: Twenty years after first winning the Brazilian presidency, the leftist defeated incumbent Jair Bolsonaro in an extremely tight election that marks an about-face for the country after four years of far-right politics.

In a stunning political comeback, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva defeated incumbent Jair Bolsonaro after a tight presidential election that went to a runoff vote. Lula has governed Brazil before, last serving as president from 2003 to 2010.

Supporters of Brazil's far-right president, Jair Bolsonaro, blocked highways in protest against his defeat in the general election.

Almost 100 people have died in landslides and flash flooding in the Brazilian city of Petrópolis, officials say. The city, which is located in the mountains north of Rio de Janeiro, was hit by torrential rainfall. Houses in hillside neighbourhoods were destroyed and cars swept away as floodwaters raced through the city's streets. Search and rescue teams are combing the mud for survivors.

Polls have closed in Brazil in one of the nation’s most divisive elections in recent history.

President Jair Bolsonaro's supporters in Brazil are protesting against leftist Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva's victory in the presidential election.

Brazil's next president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, known as Lula, has had a long career in Brazilian politics.

Left-leaning candidate Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva defeated conservative incumbent Jair Bolsonaro to become Brazil's president, with 50.8 % of the vote. President Biden tweeted his congratulations to Da Silva and praised the country for its "free, fair and credible" elections.

Lula narrowly defeats Bolsonaro in Brazilian presidential election

Truckers and other protesters on Tuesday blocked highways for a second day in support of President Jair Bolsonaro, who had yet to accept his election loss to leftist Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. In Novo Hamburgo, near the southern city of Porto Alegre, police fired teargas on Tuesday to break up a protest on one major highway, according to an AFP photographer.

Truckers who support Brazil's outgoing President Jair Bolsonaro escalated their protests on Monday by blocking roads in 16 states.

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro on Wednesday called for his supporters to end protests across the country following his election loss to former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.