Brazil runoff pits Lula against Flavio Bolsonaro
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France 24 English reports Brazil’s presidential runoff on Sunday pits 80-year-old incumbent Lula against Senator Flavio Bolsonaro after neither won a majority in the first round.
France 24 English reports Brazil heads to a presidential runoff on Sunday between incumbent Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, 80, and Senator Flavio Bolsonaro, 45, after neither candidate secured an outright majority in the first round. Lula, who served from 2003-2010 and again since 2023, faces the 45-year-old senator whose father Jair Bolsonaro is serving a 27-year sentence. Flavio Bolsonaro led the first round with 47 percent to Lula’s 45 percent, and surveys show the race remains tight. [1]
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- What to know as Brazilians choose between Lula and Bolsonaro in tense presidential runoff
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