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What Brazil’s leftist win means for the world’s biggest universal health system

BMJ (British Medical Journal) Thursday 12 November 2026, 14:21 UTC By Luke Taylor 1 min read
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Public health experts and researchers in Brazil breathed a sigh of relief on 25 October after Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva overturned a deficit of 2.2 million votes in the first round of presidential elections to defeat Flávio Bolsonaro by more than 4.4 million votes in the runoff. The historic comeback against Flávio Bolsonaro—son of former president Jair Bolsonaro—made Lula the first candidate since Brazil resumed direct presidential elections in 1989 to lose the first round and go on to win...

Public health experts and researchers in Brazil breathed a sigh of relief on 25 October after Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva overturned a deficit of 2.2 million votes in the first round of presidential elections to defeat Flávio Bolsonaro by more than 4.4 million votes in the runoff.The historic comeback against Flávio Bolsonaro—son of former president Jair Bolsonaro—made Lula the first candidate since Brazil resumed direct presidential elections in 1989 to lose the first round and go on to win the presidency. The surprise result also bucked a Donald Trump backed regional shift to the right, with seven right wing leaders elected across Latin America since 2025.As the octogenarian leftist gave his victory speech in São Paulo, he told supporters that the desire to protect Brazil’s national health system, the Sistema Único de Saúde (SUS), had helped drive his comeback.“I want you to know that one of the things that...
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