Presidential frontrunner: Bolsonaro just missed outright victory in Sunday
THE sweeping victory of far-right former army captain Jair Bolsonaro in last Sunday’s first-round elections in Brazil could veer Latin America’s political map sharply to the right and be part of a growing worldwide trend of populist authoritarian leaders.
Bolsonaro, who admires President Donald Trump, won first-round voting with 46% of the vote, followed by leftist Workers’Party candidate Fernando Haddad with 29% and center-left hopeful Ciro Gomes with 12%.
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