Brazil's Lula and Bolsonaro make final pitches before tight presidential runoff

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Brazil's presidential runoff is set for Sunday between incumbent Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and Sen. Flávio Bolsonaro, with final campaign rallies held Saturday as polls indicate an extremely close race. Lula, 80, lost the first round to Bolsonaro, 45, by over 2.2 million votes, while Bolsonaro held rallies in Rio de Janeiro and Belo Horizonte. A Bolsonaro win would add Brazil to Latin American countries electing allies of U.S. President Donald Trump. Nearly 160 million Brazilians are eligible to vote, with over 33 million abstaining in the first round. Results are expected within hours of polls closing, and a Lula victory would distance the region's economic powerhouse from Washington.


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