Election in Brazil: Investigations after the appearance of Bolsonaro's son

Created: 10/30/2022Updated: 10/30/2022 12:19 p.m

By: Daniel Dillmann, Andreas Apetz

Jair Bolsonaro or Lula da Silva.

Brazil has a choice today.

A tight race for victory is in the offing.

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Eduardo Bolsonaro is also active in the election campaign for his father.

The son of incumbent President Jair Bolsonaro had, among other things, agitated against challenger Lula da Silva in the highly competitive Minas Gerais constituency.

He found allies in the owners of a local butcher shop.

They enabled the president's son to appear in front of the employees.

A director of the company is said to have said that a Bolsonaro victory in the runoff election in Brazil would be good for the company and would secure jobs.

The company is now being investigated for electoral interference, as reported by the

news portal .

Eduardo Bolsonaro is campaigning for his father Jair in the Brazilian election.

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Election in Brazil: Lula leads in polls

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If you believe the polls for the runoff election in Brazil, then the country is heading towards an increasingly narrow race.

According to the Reuters news agency, a last survey on Saturday showed a slightly improved result for Jair Bolsonaro.

The incumbent was able to reduce the lead of the challenger Lula da Silva.

Da Silva continues to lead the polls.

Election in Brazil: Donald Trump demands election of Jair Bolsonaro

Update from October 30, 2022, 8:15 a.m .:

The day of the election in Brazil has not yet begun.

But soon the polling stations will open for the approximately 156 million eligible voters across the country.

Incumbent Jair Bolsonaro and challenger Lula da Silva will face off in the runoff.

Shortly before the polling stations opened in Brazil, Donald Trump commented on the runoff election.

On his online platform Truth Social, the former US President described Bolsonaro as a "great leader" and his challenger Lula as a "radical left-wing madman".

This is the second time that Trump has campaigned for his friend and ally Bolsonaro.

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Election in Brazil: Bolsonaro runs against Lula in a runoff

Brasilia – Brazil is facing a future-oriented decision: On October 30, 2022, the new president of the largest country in South America will be elected.

In the runoff, incumbent Jair Bolsonaro and his challenger Lula da Silva face each other.

The two opponents split society, in Brazil there is a poisoned mood.

In the run-up to the second ballot, Brazil's actual problems were no longer at stake.

Instead of the great famine in the country, the record deforestation in the Amazon or the strong social inequality, mutual accusations and sometimes irrelevant escapades were in the spotlight of the election campaign.

Election in Brazil: An election campaign without debate

It's a dirty ground on which the exchange of blows between Lula da Silva and Bolsonaro is played out.

An example of this recently circulated in the Brazilian media, when a video shared by Bolsonaro's sons and other politicians showed a self-proclaimed satanist professing his allegiance to Brazil's left-leaning ex-president.

Lula took a stand and denied any allegations of devil worship.

But the counterattack was not long in coming.

Lula's campaign team had a report produced to reveal that opponent Bolsonaro was allegedly engaged in cannibalism.

The incumbent President's visit to an indigenous community in Brazil in 2016, as well as a few snippets of interviews taken out of context, would attest to this.

Bolsonaro was quick to shrug off the theory surrounding his lust for human flesh, but not Lula's allegations of numerous failings and scandals during his reign.

Bolsonaro fired back and brought back the allegations of corruption against Lula and his Labor Party PT.

There was no room for a serious debate about Brazil's future in the mudslinging between the two presidential candidates.

Election in Brazil: race between Bolsonaro and Lula closer than expected

Contrary to all forecasts, a few days before the runoff election in Brazil, both candidates are on an equal footing.

According to polls obtained by the

, around 49 percent are currently on Lula da Silva's side.

With Bolsonaro it would be 45 percent.

This also reflects the result of the first round of voting on October 2nd.

But where does this change in mood within the country come from?

Even before the first ballot, Bolsonaro was sometimes seen far behind the 40 percent.

There was even talk of an outright majority for Lula.

But in the meantime, the right-wing extremist president has got tailwind.

Bolsonaro knows how to strengthen his relationships with the business elite, the Protestant Church, the military and the police through skilful patronage politics.

Bolsonaro has also collected bonus points from Lula's greatest ally, the low-income class, through calculated aid payments in recent weeks.

Election in Brazil: Who will win the October 30 election?

So the election will be closer than expected.

According to figures from the

, 46 percent of the Brazilian population said they would not vote for Lula under any circumstances.

Nevertheless, the left-leaning challenger is ahead in the forecasts for the runoff in Brazil.

If Bolsonaro wins the election, the country expects a totalitarian agenda.

Should Lula win, Bolsonaro might not recognize the result.

With his constant criticism of the electronic voting system, the incumbent may already be preparing to challenge the result.

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