Lula challenges Bolsonaro's grip on Brazil evangelical vote


  • World
  • Tuesday, 27 Sep 2022

FILE PHOTO: Former Brazilian President and presidential candidate Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva speaks during a rally in Curitiba, Brazil, September 17, 2022. REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino

RECIFE, Brazil (Reuters) - When Ariel Nery left the pews of her conservative evangelical megachurch for the floor cushions and hammocks of the progressive Igreja Mangue church four years ago, the backlash from her family often left her in tears on Sunday nights.

For the same reason, the 25-year-old is avoiding a chat with her parents, stalwart supporters of right-wing President Jair Bolsonaro, about her plans to vote on Sunday for his leftist rival, ex-President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.

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