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Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, nearly 81, won a fourth term in a tight runoff against Flavio Bolsonaro on Sunday, October 25. Official results showed Lula with 51.7% of the vote to Bolsonaro's 48.2%. World leaders congratulated him on Monday, and regional left-leaning leaders and Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez hailed the result as a progressive comeback. Bolsonaro has refused to accept the loss and said he would seek to annul the vote, rather than conceding. France 24 analysts said Brazil resisted a conservative wave seen in many countries, though its commentary argued the right has consolidated influence across state governments and legislative institutions. Lula now faces a divided country, an unfriendly Congress, weak public finances and the pressure of a Trump-shaped US relationship.