In Brazil, President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has been re-elected by a landslide margin. Lula received about 61 percent of the vote. The former union leader proclaimed he would remain a champion of Brazil’s poor and workers. Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva: “We will continue to govern Brazil for everyone, but we will continue to give the most attention to those who need it most. The poor will have preference in our government.”