The result of the second round of the presidential election in Brazil fell late last night… too late to appear in the paper newspapers. But the information is of course on the front page of the daily newspapers’ websites.
” Lula wins by a hair against Bolsonaro », exclaims thus Release. “ It was a duel at the top, between two personalities as popular as they are hated in Brazil. And it is finally Lula who wins with just under 51%. End point of a campaign at loggerheads, debates punctuated with insults and a torrent of disinformation poured out on social networks. The 156 million Brazilians called to the polls finally decided to bring the former metallurgist back to power. (…) The icon of the Latin American left is therefore starting a third term, continues Liberation, after occupying the presidency between 2003 and 2011. This time at the head of a country divided at the highest point. The task promises to be difficult because he will have to govern with a Congress where the far right of Jair Bolsonaro is better represented. »
A replica of the assault on the Capitol?
But before that, “ the question now is whether the latter will accept the verdict of the ballot box, relief Le Monde, Jair Bolsonaro being the first president running for a second term not to be re-elected since the return to democracy in 1985. After launching relentless attacks on the “fraudulent” (he said) system of electronic ballot boxes, he said on Friday: “Whoever has the most votes wins. It’s democracy” – without however convincing. A lot, point Le Monde, fear a Brazilian response to the assault on the Capitol in Washington on January 6, 2021, after the defeat of Donald Trump in November 2020, which could target, for example, the Supreme Court so often vilified by Jair Bolsonaro. »
Blow for blow…
Le Figaro for its part publishes a long portrait of Lula, with this remark in the preamble: ” one should never bury too quickly a politician of the caliber of Lula, born in misery and who has already risen twice to the presidency (2003-2010). Who imagined that, convicted of corruption, he would return three years later to once again occupy the Planalto palace in Brasilia, after defeating Jair Bolsonaro who wished him to “rot” the rest of his life in a cell? “The Nordeste who has survived hunger fears nothing”, warned Lula on regaining his freedom after 580 days in prison. Launched months ago, the campaign was ruthless in the face of an adversary who is a master of disinformation and much more resistant than expected by the polls. Attacked on religion or corruption, Lula responded blow for blow, still falls Le Figaro, he multiplied every day morning interviews, public meetings, trips across the country… His inimitable voice is even more hoarse, his beard has turned white, his disheveled hair has thinned out. But his energy, his combativeness, his political instinct seem unaltered. Champion of the fight for social justice for some or incarnation of corruption for others, he makes Brazilians agree on one point: he marked half a century of history of this immense country of 214 million inhabitants. »
Record heat in France
We stay with Le Figaro which makes its front page on the record heat recorded this month of October in France…
This ” summery autumn foreshadows, point to the newspaper, a new normal that is already upsetting the rhythm of productions and favoring the development of tropical diseases, such as dengue fever. »
The conclusion is clear: like the rest of the planet, our country is warming up, and fast », raises Le Figaro. So, “ two challenges must be faced head-on. The first is that of adaptation, to make our infrastructures and our activities more resilient. The second challenge, by far the most complicated, is that of reducing the speed and magnitude of global warming, which requires a reduction in global greenhouse gas emissions, CO in the lead. »
We cut !
Finally, in the series of energy savings, some cities will turn off the lights this evening from midnight, others have already taken the plunge in recent days… Le Parisien has done the accounts: Toulouse, Lyon, Clermont-Ferrand , or even Strasbourg will cut off or have already cut off their public lighting at night. For its part, Paris will tackle illuminated advertisements. Objective of course, to reduce the energy bill but, wonders The Parisian“ what about security? »