Brazil's Unusually Close Presidential Election Heads to Decisive Runoff

Brazil's presidential election on Sunday is unusually close, with candidates Lula da Silva and Flávio Bolsonaro holding a final campaign event on Saturday before the decisive runoff vote. The election will determine whether Brazil remains one of South America's few left-led countries or shifts to a right-wing government under Bolsonaro with close ties to US President Donald Trump. A new poll shows the candidates tied at 50 percent each, following Bolsonaro's narrow first-round lead of 47 to 45 percent. Lula campaigned on Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro, while Bolsonaro visited the house where his father Jair Bolsonaro recovered from a 2018 stabbing during his presidential campaign.