“Yesterday I spoke to dozens of heads of state. They all want to expand alliances and joint work with Brazil on trade, the climate issue and important global issues. We’re going back to the world,” Lula wrote on Twitter.
In the first ballot on October 2, the Labor Party’s power candidate won with 48.43 percent of the valid vote, while far-right leader Jair Bolsonaro, who was seeking re-election from the Liberal Party, had 43.20 percent.
Since none of the politicians in this procedure achieved the absolute majority of votes, i.e. more than half of the valid votes (without empty and zero votes), according to the electoral law, they challenged the ballot.
The son of the working class also triumphed in the second round on Sunday with 50.90 percent compared to 49.10 for the ex-military.
After his election, the former trade unionist received congratulations from several heads of state, including Joe Biden (USA), Emmanuel Macron (France), Gabriel Boric (Chile), Luis Alberto Lacalle Pou (Uruguay), Andrés Manuel López Obrador (Mexico) and Miguel Diaz- Canel (Cuba).
He was similarly congratulated by rulers such as Justin Trudeau (Canada), Narendra Modi (India), Xi Jinping (China), Pedro Sánchez (Spain) and Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa (Portugal), among others.
In addition to the congratulations, Lula received a tip that Norway will resume financial aid against deforestation in the Amazon, which was frozen during the tenure of Bolsonaro, who has remained silent after his electoral failure.
The former army captain still does not admit the result and has not called the elected head of state as usual.
Police associations reiterated this Tuesday that the former paratrooper’s silence about his defeat is hampering the country’s peace and helping to incite trucker blockades on the country’s highways.
The Federal Highway Police Association and unions associated with the force issued a statement defending respect for the outcome of the election that helped Lula win.
They insist that Bolsonaro’s position of “keeping silent and not acknowledging the results of the polls ends up hampering the country’s pacification and encouraging some of his supporters to carry out blockade actions on Brazilian highways.”
According to a balance sheet published by the Federal Road Police, there are closures on 227 motorways.
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