Brazil
elections
:
Far
-
right
leader
Jair
Bolsonaro
wins
presidency
Results
give
Bolsonaro
a
56
percent
share
of
runoff
vote
,
comfortably
____________________
of
centre
-
left
____________________
Fernando
Haddad
.
Far
-
right
candidate
Jair
Bolsonaro
____________________
won
Brazil's
presidential
elections
,
signalling
a
political
____________________
for
South
America's
most
populous
nation
and
____________________
economy
.
Official
results
gave
Bolsonaro
a
56
percent
____________________
of
the
vote
in
Sunday's
runoff
,
comfortably
ahead
of
Fernando
Haddad
,
the
candidate
of
the
centre
-
left
Workers'
Party
(
PT
)
,
____________________
had
44
percent
.
Bolsonaro
gave
an
internet
address
via
Facebook
Live
,
shunning
a
traditional
____________________
conference
due
to
security
____________________
.
In
September
,
he
____________________
a
near
fatal
stabbing
at
a
campaign
rally
.
"
We
could
no
longer
be
flirting
with
socialism
,
communism
,
populism
and
____________________
on
the
left
,
"
he
said
.
Supporters
wearing
t
-
shirts
emblazoned
with
Bolsonaro's
face
and
Brazil's
yellow
and
green
____________________
colours
assembled
outside
____________________
house
in
the
Barra
da
Tijuca
____________________
of
Rio
de
Janeiro
.
In
Sao
Paulo
,
supporters
gathered
on
Avenida
Paulista
,
the
city's
main
thoroughfare
,
with
____________________
and
banners
that
read
Bolsonaro's
"
Brazil
____________________
everything
,
God
above
____________________
"
slogan
.
'He'll
give
us
security'
PT
had
won
the
____________________
four
elections
in
Brazil
,
while
its
popular
____________________
Luiz
Inacio
"
Lula
"
da
Silva
was
the
frontrunner
this
year
until
being
barred
from
running
in
September
because
of
a
____________________
conviction
.
Throughout
the
campaign
,
Bolsonaro
____________________
to
crack
down
on
Brazil's
violent
crime
that
saw
nearly
64
,
000
____________________
last
year
.
He
wants
to
increase
____________________
ownership
and
has
pledged
to
give
police
"
carte
blanche
"
to
kill
.
"
He'll
give
us
the
____________________
that
the
country
needs
,
behind
this
education
and
healthcare
will
follow
,
"
said
Maria
Lucia
de
Almeida
,
84
,
a
____________________
Sao
Paulo
teacher
.
"
He's
honest
.
"
But
for
other
voters
,
Bolsonaro
is
an
____________________
and
a
threat
to
democracy
.
He
has
a
history
of
disparaging
remarks
against
LGBT
people
,
women
and
____________________
and
has
spoken
of
his
support
for
torture
and
extrajudicial
police
killings
.
"
He's
made
it
clear
that
he
doesn't
want
to
sit
and
have
____________________
with
those
that
think
different
from
him
,
"
said
Pedro
Igor
Mantoun
,
29
,
a
corporate
____________________
from
Sao
Paulo
who
voted
for
Haddad
.
"
For
any
country
,
this
is
a
bad
thing
but
especially
for
one
with
such
a
young
____________________
as
ours
.
"
Controversial
past
Bolsonaro's
rise
from
a
fringe
congressman
to
the
____________________
has
come
against
a
backdrop
of
economic
downturn
,
____________________
turmoil
,
mammoth
corruption
scandals
and
rising
violence
.
Bolsonaro
is
an
outspoken
supporter
of
Brazil's
brutal
and
repressive
1964
-
1985
____________________
dictatorship
,
a
period
when
hundreds
of
political
opponents
were
murdered
by
the
state
and
thousands
more
____________________
.
He
is
expected
to
stuff
his
cabinet
with
generals
and
ex
-
____________________
men
.
Last
Sunday
,
during
a
confrontational
speech
transmitted
to
thousands
of
supporters
,
Bolsonaro
said
"
red
(
leftist
)
criminals
"
would
be
"
banished
from
our
homeland
"
and
pledged
a
"
cleansing
never
seen
before
"
.
"
Brazil
will
not
become
a
dictatorship
,
we
won't
see
____________________
closed
,
"
said
Mauricio
Santoro
,
a
political
scientist
and
professor
of
international
____________________
at
Rio
de
Janeiro
State
University
.
"
But
we
know
from
____________________
in
other
countries
that
electing
an
extreme
president
brings
bad
____________________
for
democracy
.
"
Elsewhere
,
in
the
gubernatorial
elections
,
in
Sao
Paulo
,
former
mayor
,
media
tycoon
and
once
host
of
Brazil's
version
of
The
Apprentice
TV
programme
Joao
Doria
won
the
race
____________________
incumbent
Marcio
Franca
.
In
Rio
de
Janeiro
,
Bolsonaro
ally
and
former
judge
Wilson
Witzel
beat
Eduardo
Paes
who
presided
as
mayor
for
two
terms
,
included
when
the
city
hosted
the
2016
Olympics
.
SOURCE
:
AL
JAZEERA
NEW
S
