Brazil’s Lula and Flávio Bolsonaro kick off their presidential campaigns

Brazil’s Lula and Flávio Bolsonaro kick off their presidential campaigns  Toronto Star

Brazil's presidential candidates have kicked off their campaigns ahead of a tight October election

Brazil’s Right Has a New Bolsonaro  WSJ

Brazil's October presidential election is shaping up as another battle between the Lula and Bolsonaro camps, with incumbent Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva seeking a fourth term and Flávio Bolsonaro stepping in for his imprisoned father. The two frontrunners are running close in the polls, as Lula focuses on Brazil's soverei

The newest Quaest poll shows Lula leading Flávio Bolsonaro 43% to 40% in a simulated runoff, a statistical tie as the president's margin narrows.

A new poll shows Lula leading Bolsonaro, but the gap has closed ahead of Brazil's high-stakes presidential election.

SAO PAULO, Aug 14 - Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva continues to lead Senator Flavio Bolsonaro, although the right-wing challenger has narrowed the gap with the leftist incumbent ahead of October's election, a Quaest poll showed on Friday.

Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva holds an 8.9-point lead over Senator Flávio Bolsonaro in a potential runoff, according to the CNT/MDA poll released on Tuesday. The gap stood at 12.5 points in the June survey.