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In an expected second-round runoff between the rivals, leftist leader Lula now has a 25 percentage-point lead over Bolsonaro, up from 21 points in March, the survey showed. Bolsonaro has been hurt by high inflation and soaring fuel prices that have led Brazilians to soften the anti-Lula sentiment that helped the far-right populist get elected in 2018, said political analyst Andre Cesar.

Brazil’s leftist former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has turned to veteran comrades in his Workers Party (PT) to run his presidential campaign, shoring up his base after appeals to the center raised tensions with the party’s old guard.

Brazil’s leftist former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has turned to veteran comrades in his Workers Party (PT) to run his presidential campaign, shoring

SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazil's leftist former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has turned to veteran comrades in his Workers Party (PT) to run his presidential campaign, shoring up his base after appeals to the center raised tensions with the party's old guard.

To Brazil's Supreme Court, he's a criminal. To President Jair Bolsonaro and his allies, he's a hero. Daniel Silveira, a brash, brawny ex-cop turned congressman and convict, is dividing Brazil five months…

There are more than four months to go until the campaign officially starts for Brazil's October elections, but far-right incumbent Jair Bolsonaro and leftist ex-president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva ar…

"They are trying to control the damage as quickly as possible before this grows, because new facts are emerging everyday in the media," said Cesar, at political consultancy Hold Assessoria Legislativa. The Estado de S.Paulo newspaper quoted mayors as saying that the pastors had asked them to buy Bibles with a photo of the minister in return for access to educational funds, and one had asked for a gold bar as a bribe.

BRASILIA (Reuters) - Former Sao Paulo governor Geraldo Alckmin joined the Brazilian Socialist Party (PSB) on Wednesday, taking the first step in officializing a once-unimaginable union with Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva as the leftist's running mate in the October election.

The campaign for Brazil's October presidential elections has not yet officially started, but the candidates are already bending over backwards to woo a powerful constituency: Evangelical Christians.

A new survey finds 41% of voters would back Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and 30% would vote for Jair Bolsonaro if the October election was held today