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Lula is reelected in Brazil and Democrats win the US midterms, a major setback for leaders aligned with Trump in the Americas

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US Democrats' midterms victory and Lula's win in Brazil reveal far right's limits in the Americas
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Brazilian president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has been reelected, and the Democrats have won the US midterm elections. Le Monde reports that both results mark a major setback for regional leaders who had aligned themselves without reservation with Donald Trump, and that they expose the limits of the far right in the Americas.

This continues an earlier story: Democrats win control of both chambers of US Congress, and Lula wins Brazil's run-off, in a double setback for the populist right

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  1. Le Monde

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    Reports that the reelection of Brazilian president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and the Democrats' midterm win mark a major setback for regional leaders who had aligned themselves without reservation with Donald Trump.

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