‘Olê, olá! Lula!’: progressives celebrate Jair Bolsonaro’s departure in Brazil

The president tearfully bid farewell while Lula supporters cheered the end of an era of environmental disaster

Jair Bolsonaro’s ultra-conservative era of environmental destruction and international isolation is over after Brazil’s far-right president flew out of the capital Brasília ahead of the inauguration of his leftist successor Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.

In a tearful final broadcast to supporters, the radical populist effectively admitted that he had lacked the support to overturn the result of an election he has refused to concede and sought to justify his tumultuous four-year reign during which coronavirus killed nearly 700,000 citizens and Amazon deforestation soared.

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