Lula Wins Brazil Runoff as Venezuelan Opposition Leader Returns Home
The Hill reported that a key ally of President Trump lost in Brazil on Sunday and that Venezuela's top opposition leader returned home to challenge a Trump-backed leader.
President Trump's South America policy suffered setbacks on Sunday, according to The Hill's morning report, written by Jared Gans and published Monday. The newsletter said a key ally of the president took a "stunning defeat" in Brazil, where President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva won another term in a runoff after a decisive comeback, the report said.
The summary of the report does not name the defeated ally. It also does not give vote totals or the margin of the runoff result, and it ends before its full account of the election, so those details are not reported here.
In Venezuela, the same report said the country's top opposition leader returned home to challenge its leader, who is backed by Trump. The summary does not say where the leader arrived or describe the challenge beyond that description.
The newsletter's headline characterized the developments as a blow to Trump in Brazil and a new challenge for him in Venezuela. The report did not add further detail on either development in the portion available for this story.
Sources: The Hill: Trump takes blow in Brazil; faces new challenge in Venezuela.