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Iran Says Outcome of Israeli Elections ‘Makes No Difference’
Iran's foreign ministry said Monday that the outcome of the Israeli elections in which Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is facing a tight race will make "no difference". "It makes no difference to us who, in these elections, takes the helm of a regime that has brought nothing but violence and massacres to our region," said ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baqaei in a weekly press briefing. Tuesday's legislative elections will take place amid mounting threats by Israel and the United States to renew attacks on Iran after they launched their war in late February.
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Venezuela: Opposition leader Machado returns from exile, received by thousands of supporters in Caracas
Nobel Peace Prize winner and popular Venezuelan political opposition figure Maria Corina Machado has returned from nearly a year in exile. She was greeted by thousands of cheering supporters in Caracas.
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Brazil’s Lula Wins Historic Fourth Term, Flavio Bolsonaro Refuses to Concede
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva won a historic fourth term on Sunday, the country's electoral court said, in a shock result that defied polls, precedent and global anti-incumbent sentiment to put the brakes on a wave of right-wing election victories across Latin America. However, his opponent Senator Flavio Bolsonaro, the eldest son of former President Jair Bolsonaro, refused to accept defeat and said he would ask for the result to be annulled due to a Sunday ruling from a Supreme Court justice that extended voting for two hours.