In Brazil , the voting public, as in the USA, returned to the presidency an old-time liberal politician, kicking out the ultra-conservative miscreant, another Donald Trump. Not to say that the new president is the equivalent of Joe Biden, for Luiz Inácio LULA da Silva was a former president who was convicted of graft and served 580 days in jail. He is 77, and Biden was elected to the White House at the same age. Lula just this May got married for the third time, to a 55-year old sociologist. About incumbent Jair Bolsonaro, he is the model of Trump, with integrity and conspiracy problems, also blaming the loss on crooked counting. The results were close, with Lula getting less than 51% and Jair more than 49%. Certainly, Bolsonaro will maintain a Trump-like effort to legally or illegally maintain power. I don't think, for example, that he has yet conceded . Also, he has been blamed for mishandling the pandemic. Brazil...
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