- by foxnews
- 16 Jan 2025
Brazil election goes to the wire after ill-tempered final TV debate
Brazil election goes to the wire after ill-tempered final TV debate
- by theguardian
- 30 Oct 2022
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Henrique Vieira, a progressive church leader who supports Lula, said re-electing Bolsonaro would give him a blank cheque to persecute leftist rivals and perhaps even to try to close congress.
Backers of Bolsonaro, 67, insist they will triumph, noting that first-round polls underestimated his support. Lula won the 2 October vote with 48.4% but Bolsonaro did considerably better than expected, taking 43.2% rather than the 36% or 37% forecast.
Outside the TV studio where Lula and Bolsonaro were crossing swords there was no sign of the gulf between their supporters being bridged.
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