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Lula or Bolsonaro as president? Brazil gears up to vote

Headline from Deutsche Welle

Brazilians go to the polls on October 4. The front-runners are multilateralist incumbent Lula da Silva and former President Jair Bolsonaro's son, Flavio, who wants to bring Brazil closer to the US and away from China.

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  1. Bloomberg

    Lula and Bolsonaro Deadlocked as Brazil Vote Nears, Poll Shows (opens Bloomberg)

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    President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and Flávio Bolsonaro are neck and neck ahead of Brazil’s election, a new poll showed, as a simmering Supreme Court crisis weighs on the race.

  2. Bloomberg

    Brazil Election: Lula and Bolsonaro Fight Over Milei’s Economy Before Vote (opens Bloomberg)

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    Two weeks before a tight presidential election, Brazil’s leading candidates have turned Javier Milei’s Argentina into a proxy for their own clashing economic visions.

  3. Al Jazeera

    Brazil election: Lula and Flavio Bolsonaro tied in latest polls (opens Al Jazeera)

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    Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is running in October's election for a fourth non-consecutive term as Brazil's president.

  4. Bloomberg

    Lula, Bolsonaro Stuck in Tie Ahead of Brazil Presidential Vote (opens Bloomberg)

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    President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and right-wing challenger Flávio Bolsonaro remain tied ahead of Brazil’s October election, according to a new poll, as a crisis inside the Supreme Court continues to weigh on both candidates.

  5. Deutsche Welle

    Lula or Bolsonaro as president? Brazil gears up to vote (opens Deutsche Welle)

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    Deutsche Welle's feed description

    Brazilians go to the polls on October 4. The front-runners are multilateralist incumbent Lula da Silva and former President Jair Bolsonaro's son, Flavio, who wants to bring Brazil closer to the US and away from China.

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