Political scientists will study this election to understand how Lula reversed the first-round results and beat Flavio Bolsonaro despite the polls, Brazilian political scientist Ana Tereza Duarte told PAP.
Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva's reelection halts the wave of right-wing shifts in Latin America, CNN assessed. Commentators say Flavio Bolsonaro's defeat is also a blow to President Donald Trump's push for dominance in the region.