1 Nov 2022

Narrow victory for Lula in Brazil election

From Morning Report, 7:40 am on 1 November 2022

The Brazilian presidential election looks decided, with a narrow victory for former president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva over far-right incumbent Jair Bolsonaro.

After a fractious campaign which saw two bitter rivals on opposite sides of the political spectrum go head to head, Lula won 50.9 percent of the votes.

But as Bolsanaro is yet to concede it appears unlikely the divisions exposed by the election will disappear any time soon.

Brazil correspondent Mary Triny Mena spoke to Morning Report.