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Trump says, without citing evidence, that Brazil election looks 'rigged'

Reuters
Trump says, without citing evidence, that Brazil election looks 'rigged'

Oct 26 (Reuters) - ‌US President Donald Trump told reporters on ​Monday, ‌without citing evidence, that ‌the Brazilian election, which leftist President Luiz ‌Inacio Lula da Silva won on Sunday, looked like it had been rigged.

"I ⁠didn't take sides, ‌but it looked ⁠like another rigged election," he ​said. "Elections have to be indisputable, and it ​looked very bad ​to ‌me."

Defeated right-wing Brazilian Senator Flavio ​Bolsonaro has refused ⁠to concede defeat.

His ‌father, former ​President Jair ​Bolsonaro, was a close ally of Trump's while in office.

A wave of ‌recent right-wing election victories in other Latin American ‌countries ​has been heralded by Trump's administration.

(Reporting by Trevor Hunnicutt and Costas Pitas; ‌editing by Michelle Nichols)