Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, the veteran leftist who had once embodied the aspirations of Brazil’s working poor, entered the final round of voting. He faced an electorate impatient with the cost-of-living crisis, anxious about crime, and divided over what democracy meant.
His opponent, Flávio Bolsonaro, offered a different inheritance: combative politics that had turned grievance into a governing philosophy. By the end of Sunday, Lula had prevailed. The margin was narrow, but the political meaning of the result was larger.
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