Polling stations closed, results expected overnight
It’s 5 pm in Brazil. Polling stations have just closed across the country, but the results shouldn’t come in until midnight.
In Paris, Brazilian expats overwhelmingly voted for Lula against Bolsonaro
Also in France, Brazilians voted for the second round of the presidential elections. In Paris, where France’s only polling station was located, nearly 83% of voters swiped a “Lula” ballot into the ballot box, our RFI colleagues report.
Facing Bolsonaro, Lula wants to win for “democracy”
Lula, presidential favorite, voted in the morning near Sao Paulo, expressing his “confidence (…) in a victory for democracy.”
Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva hoped that this election in which he faces the outgoing far-right president Jair Bolsonaro “will restore peace among Brazilians”, at the end of an ultra-polarized campaign.
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A campaign of rare violence
Before the arrival of the results, a retrospective look at the presidential campaign of rare violence that faced Bolsonaro and Lula for long weeks.
• In September, before the first assault, a Lula supporter was hacked to death by a Bolsonarist.
• Always before the first round, given the risk of “political violence”, a judge limited access to weapons.
Hello everyone!
We follow this afternoon and tonight the end of the Brazilian presidential election.
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