FILE PHOTO: A man walks from a polling booth during municipal elections along the Negro River banks, where Ribeirinhos (forest dwellers) live, in Catalao, Brazil, November 15, 2020. REUTERS/Bruno Kelly/File Photo
BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazilians return to the polls in 57 cities on Sunday for the runoffs of municipal elections that have seen surging violence involving assassinations and physical attacks on candidates.
In two months of campaigning leading up to the first round of voting on Nov. 15, there were 200 murders, attempted murders or otherwise injured candidates, according to Brazilian electoral authority TSE.
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