Leftist Silva wins Brazil's presidential vote

Monday, October 28, 2002

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil -- Voters in Latin America's largest democracy moved Brazil sharply to the left Sunday by electing as their president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, a former union leader.

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