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Brazil's Bolsonaro eyes additional cash handout for female breadwinners under welfare program -sources

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, who is seeking reelection on Oct. 30, is eyeing a 13th payment to women who are breadwinners under the welfare program Auxílio Brasil, according to two sources familiar with the discussions.

Reuters

Brazil polling firms among big losers in first-round election

(This Oct. 3 story has been refiled to fix spelling of name in paragraph 5 to Andrei Roman)

Reuters

Brazil run-off likely to be a close race, says Moody's

Moody's rating agency said on Monday that the results of Brazil's election on Sunday indicate a tight race in the run-off between President Jair Bolsonaro and former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva scheduled for October 30.

Reuters

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White House says Brazil's election was 'free' and 'fair'

The White House on Monday said information indicated Brazil's election over the weekend was "free" and "fair" after President Jair Bolsonaro and his leftist predecessor Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva secured spots in a Oct. 30 runoff vote.

Reuters

Explainer-Brazil election 2022: How does the run-off work?

Brazil's high-stakes presidential vote on Sunday did not yield a first-round winner with the necessary majority for an outright win, setting up a tense two-man race later this month featuring polar opposites Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and Jair Bolsonaro.

Reuters

Fate of the Amazon in the balance as Brazil’s presidential race heads to a runoff

Brazil’s presidential race will go to a second round after neither candidate clinched the overall majority needed to win.

The New Daily

Brazil election shock as Bolsanaro comes second forcing run-off second vote

Brazil's far-right president Jair Bolsonaro has denied his left-wing rival Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva an outright victory in the country's election after he outperformed the polls

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Brazil election: Lula to face Bolsonaro in run-off for presidency

Brazil’s top two presidential candidates will face each other in a run-off vote after neither got enough support to win outright in Sunday’s election.

Evening Standard

Brazil girds for tight runoff vote after Bolsonaro's strong showing

Brazil's Jair Bolsonaro and his leftist rival Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Monday buckled up for four more weeks of intense election campaigning after the president's unexpectedly strong showing in the first round set up a tight Oct. 30 runoff vote.

Reuters

Mexican president congratulates Lula after Brazilian election

Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador congratulated Brazilian leftist presidential candidate Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva after he came first in an initial round of voting on Sunday but failed to secure enough support to win outright.

Reuters

Brazil presidential race heads for runoff after Lula falls short

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro fought his way through to a runoff election against Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Oct. 30, with his leftist challenger garnering the bigger share of votes on Sunday but falling short of the first-round win that some opinion polls had suggested he was headed for.

Tribune News Service

Bolsonaro and Lula face Brazil presidential run-off after close first vote

Final round to take place on 30 October as experts predict an ‘ugly’ election race

The Independent UK

Brazil's presidential race goes to run-off as Bolsonaro outperforms polls

Brazil's presidential election is headed for a run-off vote, electoral authorities said on Sunday, after President Jair Bolsonaro's surprising strength in a first-round vote spoiled rival Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's hopes of winning outright. Read FRANCE 24’s liveblog to see how the election unfolded. All times are Paris time…

France 24

Lula leads Bolsonaro in Brazil election as first votes tallied

Brazil's national election authority on Sunday began reporting the initial results of the country's presidential election, in which leftist former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva aims to unseat incumbent Jair Bolsonaro.

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The Independent UK

Brazil presidential elections: Bolsonaro seeks re-election against left-wing rival Lula

Far-right retired military officer expected to be ousted from office by former union leader

The Guardian - UK

‘We want no more hatred’: leftwing ex-president Lula on verge of comeback in Brazil

Polls suggest Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is close to majority of votes needed to stop election run-off against Jair Bolsonaro

Tribune News Service

Lula, Bolsonaro neck and neck in Brazil’s vote as runoff looms

President Jair Bolsonaro and leftist rival Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva are in a dead heat in Brazil’s election Sunday with 73% of the vote counted, a stronger-than-expected showing by the incumbent that points to a likely runoff between the two on Oct. 30.

Tribune News Service

Bolsonaro or Lula: Brazilians decide who gets another chance

Brazilians are heading to the polls for general elections marked by a polarizing race between conservative President Jair Bolsonaro and leftist challenger Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, who some pollsters say could attain an outright victory on Sunday.

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Reuters

Tensions high as Brazilians on other side of Atlantic cast ballots

Brazilian Artur Dantas moved to Portugal six months ago because of political tension in his country but he hopes the result of Sunday's elections might allow him and others to return home one day.

Dublin Live

Thousands of Brazilians flock to Dublin to vote in their country's presidential election

Approximately 12,000 Brazilians from all over Ireland registered to vote remotely in a polling station set up in Erin School of English on North Great George’s Street

The National (Scotland)

Russia faces new battlefield setback and Jair Bolsonaro could 'subvert democracy'

WITH every day that passes the war in Ukraine deepens and its ramifications widen. Around the same time on Friday that Russian president Vladimir…

Reuters

Brazil election goes to runoff as Bolsonaro outperforms polls

Brazil's presidential election is headed for a run-off vote, electoral authorities said on Sunday, after President Jair Bolsonaro's surprising strength in the first round spoiled rival Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's hopes of winning outright.

Tribune News Service

Lula, Bolsonaro in final campaign sprint for Brazil election

Brazil’s two top presidential contenders focused Saturday on rallying supporters in Sao Paulo, the biggest city, a day before the country’s general election.

Reuters

Lula may clinch Brazil election on Sunday, final polls show

Former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva holds a solid polling lead going into Sunday's election against incumbent Jair Bolsonaro, with a chance of clinching the race in the first round, fresh surveys showed on Saturday.

ABC News

Brazilian expats in Australia look for change as nation goes to the polls

Thais Orban, Sonia Coimbra and Pedro Mello say they had to leave their country when Jair Bolsonaro was elected as president of Brazil in 2018. On Sunday, they will have the chance to vote against Bolsonaro in the country's presidential election.

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