Lula, Bolsonaro trade scandal fire in final scramble for votes
- Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and his election rival Flavio Bolsonaro are leaving no controversy unturned in their last-ditch efforts to discredit each other and win over voters ahead of Sunday's nail-biter election.
- A campaign dominated by scandals and insults has done little to ease the deep political polarisation in Latin America's biggest economy – one of the last major leftist bastions in the region.
- The tight race pits Lula, 80, against the son of former far-right president Jair Bolsonaro, a close ally of US President Donald Trump who has backed a wave of victorious right-
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- Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and his election rival Flavio Bolsonaro are leaving no controversy unturned in their last-ditch efforts to discredit each other and win over voters ahead of Sunday's nail-biter election.
- A campaign dominated by scandals and insults has done little to ease the deep political polarisation in Latin America's biggest economy – one of the last major leftist bastions in the region.
- The tight race pits Lula, 80, against the son of former far-right president Jair Bolsonaro, a close ally of US President Donald Trump who has backed a wave of victorious right-
Sources: France 24