Brazil’s election goes to second round, with Bolsonaro performing stronger than expected

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In Brazil’s presidential election on Sunday, former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva got the highest number of votes, as expected. But the final result showed incumbent President Jair Bolsonaro just a handful of points behind the former president. And it’s going to mean weeks of intense campaigning as Bolsonaro has now become a real contender for the second round election at the end of the month. Michael Fox reports from São Paulo.

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