Bolsonaro’s Party accepts Brazil election defeat, but he refuses to concede

Opposition presidential candidate Sen. Flavio Bolsonaro speaks after the presidential election runoff in Brasilia, Brazil, Oct. 25. Eraldo Peres/AP

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BRASILIA, Brazil — Brazil’s Liberal Party, the party of defeated presidential candidate Flávio Bolsonaro, has acknowledged the results of Sunday’s presidential election, recognizing incumbent President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s victory. But Bolsonaro himself has yet to formally concede defeat.

The party’s president, Valdemar Costa Neto, said in a statement Monday that the party

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