 Lula spent 580 days in jail and said: "They tried to bury me alive and here I am," kicking off his victory speech. He continued: 'We weren't facing an opponent, or a candidate, we faced the entire state apparatus working against us. 'I've been resurrected, because they wanted to bury me alive." "This country needs peace and unity. This population doesn't want to fight anymore." The 77-year-old survivor of throat cancer claims to have the energy of a man 40 years younger and is hailing a new start for the country which has had dark populist rule. Bolsonaro is blamed for mishandling the coronavirus pandemic, which killed more people in Brazil than in any other nation, except the United States. Aerial view of the Paulista avenue as supporters of newly elected president celebrate his victory ( VIEWpress) Lula's candidacy will be his sixth run for the presidency and is a show of his decades-long domination of the Workers' Party, Pedro Doria, a Rio de Janeiro writer, told NPR Radio. However, lawmakers close to Bolsonaro won a majority in Congress, meanin){kind=link}
New leader Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva was serving a 12-year corruption sentence, but was freed in 2019 after a supreme court ruling which infuriated followers of the far-right Jair Bolsonaro
Brazil’s far-right leader Jair Bolsonaro has been kicked out of office, as former president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva beat him in the presidential elections.
The left-wing candidate won with 50.9 percent of the votes, and after being banned from running in the last presidential election in 2018 because he was in jail, it is an astonishing comeback.
The new leader was serving a 12-year corruption sentence, but was freed in 2019 after a supreme court ruling which infuriated followers of the far-right Mr Bolsonaro.
Mr Lula has always proclaimed his innocence and argued the case against him was politically motivated.