Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has challenged his electoral defeat last month to leftist rival Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, according to a complaint filed with the country’s federal electoral court (TSE) that alleges votes from certain electronic voting machines should be "invalidated." Bolsonaro’s claim seems unlikely to get far, as Lula’s victory has been ratified by the TSE and acknowledged by Brazil’s leading politicians and international allies. But it could fuel a small but committed protest movement that has so far refused to accept the result.
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