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Rival supporters gathered in Sao Paulo ahead of Sunday's election, with opinion polls suggesting ex-president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva leads the right-wing incumbent, Jair Bolsonaro.
2022-08-17 09:06 'Brazil's president Jair Bolsonaro kicked off his re-election campaign'
While President Donald Trump busies himself with his apoplectic rejection of Joe Biden as president-elect, world leaders have swiftly moved on. In a sign of Biden's legitimacy, leaders of major democracies have stepped up to congratulate the President-elect Joe Biden in recent days. Doubtless salt to his wound, Trump's favorite network--Fox News--and media outlets across the board have also declared Biden the projected winner of the election. Business Insider reports that as a whole, EU leaders and even Israel and Turkey have congratulated Biden. Only Russia's Vladimir Putin, China's Xi Xing Ping, Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, and Brazil's Jair Bolsonaro have yet to join in.
Brazilian President, Lula da Silva, has issued a statement 'rejecting' Sunday's riots as 'terrorist cts' and called on the population to defend ' peace and democracy.' Euronews International correspondent, Anelise Borges sent this report from Brazil.
Many followers of outgoing far-right leader Jair Bolsonaro who refuse to accept election results in Brazil set fire to several vehicles and attempted to invade the Federal Police headquarters in the capital Brasilia. They call for military intervention.