Nicaragua’s deputy president, Rosario Murillo, sent congratulations in advance to Brazilian presidential candidate Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva for his “first moment of triumph.” Until now, the politician is leading the statistics together with Jair Bolsonaro, both are preparing for the second round.
“We have congratulated you on that electoral contest where you are fighting for progress, for joy, for the common good, for nature, for the land that peasants deserve, where you are fighting for the well-being of families and on the roads that they should be, to return to progress in the fight against poverty, “said the deputy president of the regime.
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The presidential couple sent a message to the Brazilian candidate stating that “this first moment of triumph for the families and people of Brazil, who rise up with hope and the voices of giants, encourages and encourages us all, and by congratulating you and the Brazil, we congratulate ourselves knowing that the World belongs to those who fight, and that we are achieving the necessary transformations, with daily courage».
Incumbent President Jair Bolsonaro of the Liberal Party fared better than recent polls predicted and will face main opposition candidate Lula da Silva of the Workers Party in a runoff election scheduled for Oct. 30. To be elected without going to the second round, a candidate needed to obtain 50% plus one of the votes in Brazil.
According to statistics, more than 123 million Brazilians waited in long lines to vote. Another 32 million abstained from voting. The president of the Superior Electoral Tribunal, Alexandre de Moraes, affirmed that the long lines were due to the new biometric votes and a higher than expected turnout.
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Lula has been one of the Latin American presidents close to Ortega. In August 2021, he recommended to the president «not to renounce democracy. Don’t stop defending freedom of the press, of communication, of expression, because that is what favors democracy.”
The leftist candidate has never questioned the democratic situation or human rights in countries whose leftist leaders have been allies, such as Cuba, Nicaragua and Venezuela.
