5 key issues in Brazil’s Lula-Bolsonaro runoff
Brazilian voters face a neck-and-neck presidential runoff between incumbent Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and right-wing Senator Flavio Bolsonaro, with the outcome set to shape Latin America's largest economy and its US relations. Bolsonaro led the first round by over 2.2 million votes, while the campaign focuses on rising living costs, crime, corruption, and public finances. Lula promises inflation control, while Bolsonaro proposes stabilizing debt, and both face corruption investigations involving their circles. Foreign policy divides them, with Bolsonaro seeking closer US, Argentina, and Israel ties, and Lula advocating multilateralism and BRICS cooperation. Bolsonaro also pledges amnesty for his father, former president Jair Bolsonaro, under house arrest for coup conviction.