Bolsonaro is expected to address the results of the election today, Lula begins negotiations to build his ministerial team, and truck drivers are still blocking highways to protest Bolsonaro’s defeat

BRAZIL POLITICS - Report 01 Nov 2022 by Murillo de Aragão and Cristiano Noronha

President Jair Bolsonaro should quote the Armed Forces’ report on the electoral process. He will not claim fraud, but he is expected to criticize some decisions of the Superior Electoral Court against his campaign. Some names for Lula's ministerial team are already being reviewed. The next Minister of Economy should be announced in the coming days. Henrique Meirelles, Alexandre Padilha, Fernando Haddad, Wellington Dias, and Rui Costa are some of those being considered. According to the Federal Highway Police (PRF), the points of blockades or demonstrations on federal highways in the country dropped from 335 at 1:03 AM today to 289 at 4:30 AM.

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