Guillaume Long, Senior Policy Analyst at the Center for Economic and Policy Research, wrote in Al Jazeera that Lula's victory in the second round of Brazil's presidential election with 51.8% of the vote, defeating Flávio Bolsonaro (who received 48.2%), could mark a turning point for the far-right wave in Latin America and deal a blow to US President Donald Trump's interventionist agenda in the region. The commentary noted that the Brazilian economy grew by a cumulative 9.2% between 2023 and 2025, with unemployment falling to a historic low of 5.4% in 2026.