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Brazil Election Runoff Pits Flávio Bolsonaro Against Lula
The Brazil election runoff will pit Sen. Flávio Bolsonaro against President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva on October 25 after neither candidate crossed the 50% threshold. Bolsonaro’s surprise first-round lead overturned expectations from several pre-election polls and reshaped Brazil’s presidential race. Flávio Lead Right-wing Sen. Flávio Bolsonaro finished ahead of incumbent President Lula in Brazil’s October 4 presidential electi
Brazil Election Runoff Pits Flávio Bolsonaro Against Lula
The Brazil election runoff will pit Sen. Flávio Bolsonaro against President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva on October 25 after neither candidate crossed the 50% threshold. Bolsonaro’s surprise first-round lead overturned expectations from several pre-election polls and reshaped Brazil’s presidential race. Flávio Lead Right-wing Sen. Flávio Bolsonaro finished ahead of incumbent President Lula in Brazil’s October 4 presidential electi
Bolsonaro taken into custody in Brasília amid new preventive arrest order
Former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro was placed in custody on Saturday and transferred to federal police headquarters in Brasília, deepening tensions in a country still reckoning with the political turmoil that followed the 2022 election. The detention came two months after the Supreme Court convicted him of attempting to orchestrate a coup to overturn his loss, although authorities have indicated that the latest move is not aimed at enforcing that earlier sentence. The development has
Bolsonaro taken into custody in Brasília amid new preventive arrest order
Former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro was placed in custody on Saturday and transferred to federal police headquarters in Brasília, deepening tensions in a country still reckoning with the political turmoil that followed the 2022 election. The detention came two months after the Supreme Court convicted him of attempting to orchestrate a coup to overturn his loss, although authorities have indicated that the latest move is not aimed at enforcing that earlier sentence. The development has









