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☆ Brazil’s Jair Bolsonaro and Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva Face Off in Tense Presidential Runoff
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-30 | by ( Luciana Magalhaes | Samantha Pearson | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

BELO HORIZONTE, Brazil—Brazilians cast their ballots Sunday in what political scientists see as the country’s most consequential election in decades—a choice between President Jair Bolsonaro and his leftist rival, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva , that will have widespread implications for Latin America’s biggest economy and the Amazon rainforest. Mr. da Silva, the standard-bearer for the Latin America left, and Brazil’s conservative incumbent are statistically tied in some recent polls. In May, Mr. da Silva had a lead of more than 20 percentage points over Mr. Bolsonaro, but is currently ahead by less than 1 percentage point, according to a recent poll. That is within the margin of error and a technical tie.

☆ Brazil’s Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva Wins Presidential Election, Beating Jair Bolsonaro
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-30 | by ( Samantha Pearson | Luciana Magalhaes | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

SÃO PAULO—Brazil’s leftist former president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva beat conservative incumbent Jair Bolsonaro in the country’s closest presidential race in history Sunday, cementing Latin America’s shift to the left and marking an extraordinary comeback for a man who was in jail for corruption three years ago. After a marathon of campaign rallies in the poorest corners of the country to appeal to voters hungry for a return to Brazil’s more prosperous past, Mr. da Silva, who last presided over Brazil from 2003 to 2010, clinched 60 million votes to secure 50.9% of the electorate to 49.1% for his rival in the runoff, with 99.5% of the votes counted, electoral authorities reported.

☆ Many Brazilian Voters Look Past Lula da Silva’s Graft Conviction
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-28 | by ( Samantha Pearson | Luciana Magalhaes | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, who has promised to boost spending on the poor, is slightly ahead of his rival in recent polls. SÃO PAULO—If Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva wins Brazil’s election this weekend, it would mark a major political comeback for the ex-president, who was convicted five years ago on money-laundering and corruption charges, signaling that voters are focused mainly on economic issues. Sunday’s vote pits Mr. da Silva, a longtime standard-bearer for the Brazilian left whose criminal convictions were later annulled, against conservative President Jair Bolsonaro in a campaign that has focused on rising unemployment, mounting inflation and pandemic policies. Recent opinion polls show Mr. da Silva, who has promised to boost spending on the poor, ahead by about 5 percentage points.

☆ Brazil’s Right-Wing Leader Spends on Poor Before Elections
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-24 | by ( Luciana Magalhaes | Samantha Pearson | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

RIO VERDE, Brazil—Toiling on the dusty plains of central Brazil, Edilamar Caetano and her husband had long been loyal supporters of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva , the leftist front-runner in next month’s presidential elections whose own family worked the land as farmhands. In April, President Jair Bolsonaro , the former army captain who took office four years ago promising fiscal restraint and a smaller state, came to town. He gave Ms. Caetano and her husband, Wagner Vieira, a title to 84 acres they had been farming as squatters, delivering the paperwork personally with an awkward hug in a local ceremony.

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