Brazil far-right candidate Bolsonaro holds commanding lead


  • World
  • Tuesday, 16 Oct 2018

Presidential candidate Jair Bolsonaro is pictured during a news conference in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. REUTERS/Ricardo Moraes

BRASILIA (Reuters) - The momentum is squarely behind Brazilian far-right presidential candidate Jair Bolsonaro, according to the latest polls, with just a dozen days to go before the run-off vote against leftist rival Fernando Haddad.

Polling firm Ibope released a survey late on Monday showing Bolsonaro with a commanding lead, taking 59 percent of the vote against Haddad's 41 percent, although the right-winger is still unable to lead street rallies as he recovers from a near-fatal stabbing in an assassination attempt last month.

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