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Brazil presidential election: 'Bolsonaro being ahead is a surprise,' researcher says

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DW English
“Brazil election: Early count puts Bolsonaro ahead of Lula”

Flavio Bolsonaro, the son of Brazil's populist ex-leader Jair Bolsonaro, took on incumbent left-wing Lula da Silva in a presidential race. Early results show Bolsonaro in the lead.

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הארץ
“בחירות בברזיל: בולסונארו מוביל על לולה לאחר ספירת כ-85% מהקולות”

בולסונארו זכה עד כה ב־48.47% מהקולות, לעומת 43.49% לנשיא המכהן. אם איש מהמועמדים לא יזכה ביותר מ־50% מהקולות, השניים צפויים להתמודד בסיבוב שני ב־25 באוקטובר

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ישראל היום
“הפתעה בברזיל: בולסונארו מקדים את לולה - אך סיבוב שני צפוי”

אחרי ספירת רוב הקלפיות פלאביו בולסונארו ניפץ את תחזיות הסוקרים, אך אינו חוצה את רף ה-50% הדרוש לניצחון • הימין גם בשורה של ניצחון בסנאט ובמרוצי המושלים • ברמאללה הצביעו ללולה, ובתל אביב העניקו לבנו של בולסונארו רוב מוחץ

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France 24 English
“Brazil presidential election: 'Bolsonaro being ahead is a surprise,' researcher says”

Far-right candidate Flavio Bolsonaro has pulled off a surprise win in the first round of Brazil’s presidential election. He defied most polls to win with 47 percent, compared to 45 percent for leftist incumbent Luiz Inacio Lula de Silva. We spoke to Thomas Zicman de Barros, a research fellow at CEVIPOF, the political research centre at Sciences Po University, and columnist for our sister radio station RFI. He told us that never before in Brazilian history has a candidate who was behind in the…

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France 24 English
“Very bad result for Lula: Bolsonaro is far more effective at speaking to that growing middle class”

Eve Irvine is pleased to welcome Felipe Krause, the head of Oxford University's Brazilian Studies Programme. Brazil's election reflects a political landscape that has become increasingly polarized, explains Krause. And he describes the current mood as one of “tired polarization: People are just exhausted. They feel that the political class is just kind of offering more of the same". The first round reveals a significant consolidation of the Brazilian right in government. Brazil's expanding…

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Renascença
“Brasil. Por que é Bolsonaro ficou à frente de Lula?”

Flávio Bolsonaro conseguiu mais 2,2 milhões de votos do que Lula da Silva.

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Al Jazeera English
“Why Flavio Bolsonaro outperformed the polls in Brazil’s election”

A late right-wing shift, a banking scandal and economic frustration may be behind Bolsonaro's last-minute gains.

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