Brazil election
Brazil's heated presidential election will go to a second round after no candidate got more than 50% of the vote. With more than 99% of the vote counted late Sunday, results released by Brazil's Electoral Superior Court showed left-wing candidate and former President Luiz Inácio "Lula" da Silva held a slight lead over right-wing incumbent President Jair Bolsonaro -- but not enough to cross the threshold to victory. The latest official count put Lula ahead with 48.4% of the vote versus 43.2% for Bolsonaro, a divisive figure often referred to as the "Trump of the Tropics." This comes after more than 123 million Brazilians waited in long lines to vote in the world's fourth largest
Brazil's heated presidential election will go to a second round after no candidate got more than 50% of the vote. With more than 99% of the vote counted late Sunday, results released by Brazil's Electoral Superior Court showed left-wing candidate and former President Luiz Inácio "Lula" da Silva held a slight lead over right-wing incumbent President Jair Bolsonaro -- but not enough to cross the threshold to victory. The latest official count put Lula ahead with 48.4% of the vote versus 43.2% for Bolsonaro, a divisive figure often referred to as the "Trump of the Tropics." This comes after more than 123 million Brazilians waited in long lines to vote in the world's fourth largest