Article 79B4G Reader Q&A: After Lula’s sensational victory in Brazil’s presidential election, post your questions for the Guardian’s Latin America correspondent

Reader Q&A: After Lula’s sensational victory in Brazil’s presidential election, post your questions for the Guardian’s Latin America correspondent

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Tom Phillips, Michael Hubbard and Guardian moderat
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Having lost the first round of Brazil's presidential election to far right rival Flavio Bolsonaro, incumbent Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva spectacularly triumphed in the second. What comes next for Brazil? The Guardian's Tom Phillips will be answering your questions from 15:00 GMT today.

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After losing the first round of Brazil's presidential election to far right rival Flavio Bolsonaro, incumbent Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, better known simply as Lula, pulled off the most stunning political fightback in modern Brazilian history by winning the second, in so doing securing a fourth presidential term. It will see him become the country's longest-serving leader.

The result - 51.79% to Lula, 48.21% to Bolsonaro - was delivered after a supreme court judge had extended polling time by two hours, and after Lula's camp accused their opponents of sabotaging public transport in an attempt to keep their voters from the polls. It was the first time in Brazilian electoral history that a first-round verdict had been overturned.

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