Brazil's Lula Goes into Sunday Election with Massive Lead. Will Bolsonaro Accept Electoral Defeat?
September 30, 2022
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17:06Now PlayingBrazil's Lula Goes into Sunday Election with Massive Lead. Will Bolsonaro Accept Electoral Defeat?
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as posted by the channelBrazil's far-right President Jair Bolsonaro faces former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in Sunday's presidential election. Lula is a former union leader who held office from 2003 through 2010. He's running on a leftist platform to uplift Brazil's poor, preserve the Amazon rainforest and protect Brazil's Indigenous communities, and is supported by a broad, grassroots alliance, explains Brazilian human rights advocate Maria Luísa Mendonça. Polls show Lula has a strong lead over Bolsonaro, but it is unclear if he will win the majority of the vote needed to avoid a runoff. This comes as Bolsonaro and his party appear to be attempting to prepare to stage a coup if he loses the election, says reporter Michael Fox, former editor of NACLA and host of the new podcast "Brazil on Fire." Despite fear over a coup, Fox says people in Brazil "are really hopeful that they're going to see change on Sunday."
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