The far-right candidate was supposed to claim the presidency, but Brazilian voters had other ideas

For Donald Trump, Brazil’s presidential election was meant to represent the crest of the “orange wave” – a three-year surge of rightwing triumphs that has reshaped Latin American politics in the US president’s tangerine-hued image.

The far-right candidate, Flávio Bolsonaro, was supposed to claim the presidency on Sunday, bringing the region’s biggest democracy and economy into Trump’s orbit, after similar victories in Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Honduras, Ecuador and Peru – not to mention the capture of Venezuela’s government after the country was invaded in January.

Far-right senator and his family boarded private plane to Ecuador after crossing border to Argentina, Argentina’s government confirms

The far-right senator Flávio Bolsonaro has reportedly fled Brazil and is on his way to the United States after losing Sunday’s presidential election to the leftwing incumbent, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, who called the act “shameful”.

A report by the news website Metrópoles, citing people close to the politician’s family, said he was en route to the US. “The plane is in flight,” Metrópoles reported, without making clear where it had departed from.

Gegen den unterlegenen ultrarechten Kandidaten der Liberalen Partei wird wegen Geldwäsche und Steuerhinterziehung ermittelt. Medienberichten zufolge sollen Bolsonaro und seine Familie bereits in den USA angekommen sein.

A viral WhatsApp channel and student-led protests played a key role in the veteran Brazilian leftist’s election victory

After the first round of the Brazilian presidential election three weeks ago, the leftist incumbent Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva reportedly told allies he could not understand how he finished second after a government he considered the best of his three terms.

A mood of dismay swept Brazil’s left, and because 9 million voters for the other candidates, all of them on the right, were expected to mostly transfer to senator Flávio Bolsonaro, analysts widely saw the far-right senator’s victory as certain.

Leaders and governments worldwide congratulate Lula on dramatic comeback seen as an important signal to rest of Latin America

• Lula supporters celebrate election victory – in pictures

Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, the Brazilian president, has vowed that dictatorship and fascism will never return to Brazil after winning a historic fourth term in power by defeating his far-right opponent, Flávio Bolsonaro.

“This is God’s work – and it’s thanks to all of you,” Lula told tens of thousands of supporters who had gathered in central São Paulo in the early hours of Monday to celebrate his dramatic election comeback.

Für Amtsinhaber da Silva war es ein Wahlerfolg auf den letzten Metern: Im ersten Durchgang lag der rechtsgerichtete Bolsonaro vorn. Doch das mobilisierte dessen Gegner, vor allem im Internet.

Leftist incumbent Lula says unprecedented comeback was a ‘defeat for denialism’ as Bolsonaro refuses to accept election result

• Lula wins election in stunning comeback – live updates

Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, the Brazilian president, has staged a dramatic election fightback, defeating his far-right opponent, Flávio Bolsonaro, to claim a historic fourth term in power.

With 100% of votes counted the 80-year-old leftist received 4.4m votes more than Bolsonaro, with a 51.79% share to his 45-year-old rival’s 48.21%. However, soon after Brazil’s electoral authority confirmed Lula’s victory, Bolsonaro refused to concede defeat and asked for the results to be annulled.

Nach Monaten im erzwungenen Exil kommt María Corina Machado in ihrer Heimat an. Sie ist die populärste Oppositionspolitikerin des Landes und kritisiert den Öl-Vertrag mit den USA.

Wer wird Brasiliens neuer Präsident? Amtsinhaber Lula da Silva und Flávio Bolsonaro liefern sich ein äußerst knappes Rennen. Dass der Sohn des ultrarechten Ex-Präsidenten gewinnen könnte, verängstigt nicht nur Indigene.

Biologen haben in Südamerika die lautstärksten Vögel der Welt gefunden – und rätseln, warum sie bloß so viel Krach machen.

Damit gilt der Sohn des ehemaligen Präsidenten als Favorit für die Stichwahl Ende Oktober – und nicht Amtsinhaber Lula da Silva. Der Ausgang der Wahl ist auch weit über Brasilien hinaus bedeutsam.

Flávio, Sohn des inhaftierten Ex-Präsidenten Jair Bolsonaro, hat gute Chancen, der nächste Staatschef Brasiliens zu werden. Nach den Wahlen am Sonntag könnte er seinen Vater begnadigen.

Instructors hurled Maria Eduarda Rodrigues de Freitas into 40-metre abyss without attaching safety equipment

A 21-year-old woman who died when two rope-jumping instructors threw her from a bridge without first harnessing her to security equipment has been buried in Brazil’s São Paulo state.

Maria Eduarda Rodrigues de Freitas was rope jumping on Saturday at Ponte do Esqueleto, an abandoned bridge in the municipality of Limeira where tourists practise extreme sports. The young woman, who aspired to become a physical education teacher, had asked to be launched from the bridge airplane-style, with two instructors hoisting her above their shoulders as she spread out her arms.

As São Paulo faces a climate-induced water crisis, campaigners are fighting to reverse the impact of pollution and illegal deforestation on its largest reservoir

In a small motorboat laden with water-monitoring equipment, biologist Marta Marcondes and community activist Wesley Silvestre Rosa cross Billings reservoir on the far southern edge of São Paulo. Bright white herons glide over the water, which is flanked by thick dark green clusters of Brazil’s Atlantic forest, as the boat heads towards one of the more polluted parts of the reservoir.

“We see where sewage is entering, we see what has been deforested and how that has affected the water quality of the reservoir,” Marcondes says.

Former Brazil president, serving 27 years over attempted coup, given initial 90-day period that could be extended

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Brazil’s former president Jair Bolsonaro has been granted permission to serve his 27-year sentence for a coup attempt at home instead of in prison because of his failing health.

The decision by supreme court justice Alexandre de Moraes followed Bolsonaro’s hospitalization since 13 March for pneumonia, one of several health problems the former leader has faced since he was stabbed by a man in 2018 before he was elected president.