Brazil Votes in Tense Election: Bolsonaro vs Lula
Brazil Votes in Tense Election: Bolsonaro vs Lula
"[Bolsonaro] clearly outperformed, and that’s a big surprise," said AS/COA's Eric Farnsworth to Al Jazeera.
Deeply divided Brazil will hold a deciding vote in four weeks’ time after far-right incumbent Jair Bolsonaro performed more strongly than expected in Sunday’s presidential poll.
With 99.8 percent of voting machines counted, left-wing challenger Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva had 48.4 percent of valid votes, compared with 43.3 percent for Bolsonaro, according to the Superior Electoral Tribunal. […]
He clearly outperformed, and that’s a big surprise, ” Eric Farnsworth, vice president of the Council of the Americas told Al Jazeera. “The polls proved to be incorrect in Brazil.”…
