Brazil, Lula returns as president: Bolsonaro defeated by measure

Luiz Lula da Silva returns to lead Brazil.

The leader of the left was elected president in the ballot, winning about 51% of the votes , against the 49% obtained by the outgoing president, leader of the right, Jair Bolsonaro.

A victory of measure that allows Lula to celebrate the conquest of his third term at the Palácio do Planalto in Brasilia.

"Brazil is back. And now it will no longer be relegated to the role of pariah of the world", the first words of the 77-year-old former trade unionist after re-election.

A success celebrated with thousands of people taking to the streets. "In one of the most important elections in Brazil, today there is only one winner: the Brazilian people ", declared Lula in his first message addressed to the country, assuring the will to be "the president of all" . "It is not a victory of mine or of my party - added the new president - but of an immense democratic movement".

"The majority of the people have made it clear that they want more democracy. They want more freedom, more equality and more fraternity", continued Lula, who began his speech "thanking God for allowing me to get out of where I came from (reference to judicial troubles of recent years, ed) and to get where I have arrived ".

(Unioneonline / lf)