Brazil's rival camps rally ahead of tight presidential runoff

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Tens of thousands of Brazilians rallied Saturday ahead of Sunday's presidential runoff, a neck-and-neck contest between Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and Flávio Bolsonaro, with polls suggesting the outcome could hinge on undecided voters. Lula, 80, held what may have been his largest rally on Sao Paulo's Paulista Avenue after losing the first round to Bolsonaro, 45, by over 2.2 million votes. Bolsonaro campaigned in Rio de Janeiro and Belo Horizonte, a state that has historically predicted election winners. A Bolsonaro victory would align Brazil with other Latin American nations electing allies of US President Donald Trump, while a Lula win would distance the region's economic powerhouse from Washington. Nearly 160 million Brazilians are eligible to vote, with over 33 million abstaining in the first round.


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