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Brazil, Lula and election

Brazil election heads to runoff after campaign dominated by crime, corruption and Trump

Brazil’s presidential election is heading to a runoff after a surprise first-round victory for right-wing Senator Flávio Bolsonaro, an ally of US President Donald Trump, who will face leftist incumbent Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva after neither secured more than 50% of the vote on Sunday.

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Brazil presidential election heads to runoff after Bolsonaro and Lula fail to win majority vote

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Flávio Bolsonaro Surges Past Lula, Setting Up a Bitter Brazil Election Runoff

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Brazilians head to polls in high-stakes, polarized election

Brazilians head to the polls on Sunday in the first round of a narrowly split election after a campaign dominated by corruption scandals, economic anxiety and accusations of US meddling.

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Flávio Bolsonaro Stuns Pollsters, Beats Lula in First Round as Brazil Heads for Tight October Runoff

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Latin America’s conservative shift faces its biggest test yet in Brazil election

Flávio Bolsonaro takes lead in first round of Brazil election

Flávio Bolsonaro is in pole position to win Brazil’s presidential election after he built a strong lead in the first round of voting on Sunday and comfortably outperformed opinion polls.

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Round one of Brazil's presidential election points to a shift to the right

In Brazil, conservative Flavio Bolsonaro, son of the former president Jair Bolsonaro - who is under house arrest for staging a coup - came in ahead of the leftist incumbent, Luis Inacio Lula da Silva,