Politics

Brazil’s 2018 Election: second round results

Far-right former Army captain Jair Bolsonaro has been elected the next president of Brazil, defeating Workers’ Party’s Fernando Haddad in the decisive runoff. Mr. Bolsonaro, with 92 percent of the votes counted, has amassed 56 percent of votes, representing 54 million people.

Gubernatorial runoffs also took place today, in 14 out...

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