The president of Cuba, Miguel Díaz-Canel, congratulated Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva for his victory this Sunday at the polls and welcomed the return of “social justice” to the South American country.
“Dear brother Lula, I congratulate you on behalf of the Cuban government and people, who celebrate your great victory in favor of unity, peace and Latin American and Caribbean integration. Always count on Cuba,” Díaz-Canel wrote on his Twitter.
We hug you brother President Lula pic.twitter.com/1LQpF7xXRP
– Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez (@DiazCanelB) October 30, 2022
Lula da Silva won this Sunday the second round of the presidential elections in Brazil with 50.84% of the votes, compared to 49.16% obtained by the current ruler, Jair Bolsonaro, with 99.10% of the ballot boxes counted, according to the official count cited. by Eph.
“Cuba congratulates you, dear colleague. They delayed your victory with heinous methods, but they couldn’t prevent you from winning with the vote of the people. Lula returns, the Labor Party of Brazil returns, social justice will return,” added the Cuban leader.
For its part, the official newspaper Granmapublished this Monday that “Lula’s victory takes the labor leader to the place where the people want him, and where Latin America and the world need him.”
The leader of the Workers’ Party (PT), who already governed between 2003 and 2010, will again occupy the Presidency of an extremely divided Brazil from January 1, 2023 and for the following four years.
Lula da Silva elected president of Brazil with 50.83% of the votes
With his victory in the ballot, Lula, 77, will return to command the largest economy in Latin America from January 2023.
Cuba and Brazil were close allies during the governments of Lula and Dilma Rousseff, but the coming to power of the far-right Jair Bolsonaro blew up those relations.
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