Bolsonaro

Brazil's bitterly divisive presidential election will go to a runoff on 30 October, as incumbent Jair Bolsonaro beat expectations to finish a relatively close second to frontrunner Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. The unexpectedly strong showing by Mr Bolsonaro yesterday dashed hopes for a quick resolution to the deeply polarised…

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RIO DE JANEIRO — Brazil’s deeply polarizing presidential election, which has pitted populists from opposite ends of the political spectrum — right-wing President Jair Bolsonaro and left-wing former president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva — will go to a second round after no candidate secured enough votes Sunday to claim…

Jair Bolsonaro considerably outperformed expectations in Brazil’s presidential election, proving that the far-right wave he rode to the presidency remains a force and providing the world with yet another example of polls missing the mark. The most-trusted opinion polls had indicated leftist former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva was…

Former Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva came out ahead of incumbent president Jair Bolsonaro during Brazil's election on Sunday, but neither reached the over 50 percent threshold needed to win the contest. A second round run-off election will now be held on October 30 to determine the winner.…

Carlos Melo, a political science professor at Insper University in Sao Paulo, said: “It is too soon to go too deep, but this election shows Bolsonaro’s victory in 2018 was not a hiccup.” Mr Bolsonaro outperformed in Brazil’s south-east region, which includes the populous São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro and…

Brazil's bitterly divisive presidential election will go to a runoff on 30 October, electoral authorities said on Sunday, as incumbent Jair Bolsonaro beat expectations to finish a relatively close second to front-runner Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, known as Lula. Lula, the veteran leftist seeking a presidential comeback, had 48.1…

Brazil's far-right President Jair Bolsonaro and leftist former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva will face off in a runoff this month after neither political heavyweight clinched more than 50% of the vote Sunday. Driving the news: Lula, who consistently led in the polls ahead of Sunday's election, captured 48.4%…

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazil’s top two presidential candidates were neck-and-neck late Sunday in a highly polarized election that could determine if the country returns a leftist to the helm of the world’s fourth-largest democracy or keeps the far-right incumbent in office for another four years. The race pits…

Brazilians will head to the polls on Sunday to vote in their country's presidential election. Recent polling in the race have shown Workers' Party candidate and former Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva with an advantage over incumbent far-right Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro. One of the latest polls in…