Bolsonaro and Lula head to runoff

2 days ago

Right-wing Senator Flavio Bolsonaro and leftist incumbent President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva have advanced to a second-round runoff in Brazil's presidential election, the country's superior electoral court confirmed. Bolsonaro led Lula with 47.27 percent of votes compared with 44.88 percent for the leftist incumbent, with 98.64 percent of electronic ballot boxes counted. The official projection confirms that neither contender can surpass