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  "title": "How a WhatsApp channel helped Lula win Brazil’s election",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/26/how-a-whatsapp-channel-helped-lula-win-brazils-election",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-26T20:20:09.000Z",
  "source": {
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  "summary": "Over 10 million Lula supporters joined a WhatsApp channel to help boost his campaign.",
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        "title": "Who is Lula? From ex-worker and prisoner to Brazil's president again",
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      },
      {
        "outlet": "Agencia Brasil",
        "title": "Lula reelected president of Brazil in historic comeback",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/26/lula-reelected-president-of-brazil-in-historic-comeback",
        "published": "2026-10-26T12:08:00.000Z"
      },
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        "outlet": "Jerusalem Post",
        "title": "Lula’s reelection in Brazil puts the brakes on Latin America’s pro-Israel shift",
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        "outlet": "KahawaTungu",
        "title": "Who is Lula? From ex-worker and prisoner to Brazil’s president again",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/26/who-is-lula-from-ex-worker-and-prisoner-to-brazils-president-again-16637351",
        "published": "2026-10-26T17:45:19.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Adom Online",
        "title": "Mahama congratulates Lula da Silva on re-election as Brazil’s President",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/26/mahama-congratulates-lula-da-silva-on-re-election-as-brazils-president",
        "published": "2026-10-26T19:06:04.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "South China Morning Post",
        "title": "Brazil’s Flavio Bolsonaro says he will lead opposition to Lula government",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/26/brazils-flavio-bolsonaro-says-he-will-lead-opposition-to-lula",
        "published": "2026-10-26T21:34:03.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Free Malaysia Today",
        "title": "Trump slams ‘rigged’ Brazil election after ally loses to leftist Lula",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/26/trump-slams-rigged-brazil-election-after-ally-loses-to-leftist-lula",
        "published": "2026-10-26T21:51:30.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "PBS NewsHour",
        "title": "Lula prevails in Brazil but Flávio Bolsonaro refuses to concede",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/26/lula-prevails-in-brazil-but-fl-aacute-vio-bolsonaro-refuses-to-concede",
        "published": "2026-10-26T22:40:58.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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