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Brazil's former leftist leader defeats far-right president

Clip: 10/31/2022 | 5m 18s  | Video has closed captioning.

Brazil will have a new president come January and he knows the job well. Former two-term President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva beat incumbent Jair Bolsonaro by two million votes in Sunday's closely-watched runoff election. Special correspondent Jane Ferguson reports with producer Charles Lyons. This story was produced in partnership with the Pulitzer Center.

Aired: 10/31/22

Rating: NR

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