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Brazil, South America's largest country with a population of 215 million, recently held a presidential election, which turned out to be former President Lula narrowly defeating current President Bolsonaro, winning the election by a narrow margin of 1.8% (50.9% vs. 49.1%), thus becoming president-elect, and Bolsonaro's presidential career is coming to an end.
(Lula)
(Bolsonaro gives a speech)
Bolsonaro, known as "Trump of Brazil," was clearly angry, and he was not convinced that he had not publicly expressed his position, and after a long silence, he authorized his chief of staff to discuss the presidential transition.
(Brazil on election night)
However, his supporters are much more popular, Bolsonaro's supporters do not believe that the people they support have failed, a large number of Bolsonaro supporters took to the streets to protest, tens of thousands of supporters even surrounded military bases in Brazil, they believe that the election was "stolen", so they asked the Brazilian army to intervene to arrest people and "arrest" Lula. Jack Nikas, the Brazil bureau chief of The New York Times, believes that there may be 100,000 people in Brazil participating in the protests, and the wave of protests has covered 75 cities.
(Bolsonaro's supporters took to the streets to protest)
Interestingly, Brazil's current situation is very similar to the last US election, when Trump also refused to admit losing to Biden and pointed out that the results of the US election were "stolen". At that time, a large number of Trump supporters broke into the US Capitol Hill and caused the situation to fall into chaos, which was the "Capitol riot" that shocked the world. The matter has so far been one of the main excuses for Democrats such as Biden to accuse Trump, who is currently facing investigation and subpoena from Congress, which suspects Trump of directing the riots, and more than 850 people have been prosecuted for the riots.
(Capitol riot)
And Biden also sent a congratulatory statement for the first time after Lula's victory over "Brazilian Trump" Bolsonaro, Lula himself is a left-wing leader, he is not Biden's "favorite person", but Biden emphasized in the statement that the Brazilian election results are "fair and credible", which is not so much an affirmation of Lula's victory, but rather a "correct name" for Biden himself. After all, Trump has always accused Biden, and Trump believes that Biden "steals the election results."
(Trump at rally in Nevada)
Now Bolsonaro's supporters are also "unveiling", following Trump's supporters and preparing to take to the streets for a turnaround, which has put the situation in Brazil into disarray. Of course, compared to the Trump supporters storming Congress, the supporters of "Brazil Trump" seem to be relatively calm, and they only hold protests and demonstrations in some important places without making too radical moves.
(Bolsonaro leaves the presidential palace)
The United States now needs to worry more about itself, because the midterm elections are coming soon, Biden made a speech at a critical moment, claiming that the upcoming midterm elections may be a "crossroads" for the United States, he blamed Trump for the problem, and warned that "the United States is under attack".
(Biden)
Associated Press reports suggest that Trump will likely start his campaign after the midterm elections, and he will sprint to the 2024 election. And many people worry that the "Capitol riot" in which even the US military is involved may be repeated in 2024, when the United States may even face a civil war crisis.