© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Mexico’s President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador holds a information convention, on the Nationwide Palace in Mexico Metropolis, Mexico September 30, 2022. REUTERS/Henry Romero
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador congratulated Brazilian leftist presidential candidate Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva after he got here first in an preliminary spherical of voting on Sunday however didn’t safe sufficient assist to win outright.
“Congratulations, brother and companion Lula. The individuals of Brazil demonstrated as soon as once more their democratic vocation and, particularly, their inclination for equality and justice,” Lopez Obrador, a fellow leftist, stated on Twitter (NYSE:).
Brazil’s presidential election is headed for a run-off between Lula and present president Jair Bolsonaro.