L.A. Times: A deeply divided Brazil goes to the polls Sunday, with Trump-like front-runner stirring passions
As Brazilians prepare to go to the polls Sunday, they seem to have had enough of politics as usual.
The left-wing Workers’ Party, which headed the country for almost 13 years and was credited with pulling Brazil out of poverty and into economic prosperity, fell from grace after several of its members were among the more than 100 high-ranking politicians implicated in the billion-dollar Car Wash corruption scandal and the economy began to founder.
Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, the party’s golden boy who left the second term of his presidency in 2010 with an 87% approval rating, was found guilty last year of accepting $1.2 million in bribes from a contractor. Last month, Lula, who had been staging a comeback from jail, was ruled ineligible to run by Brazil’s top electoral court.
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More News On Sunday's Presidential Election In Brazil
Brazilians Vote for Next President on Sunday -- VOA
Brazil To Go To The Polls Amid A Surge Of The Far Right -- NPR
Right-wing front-runner calls on Brazil to elect him on Sunday -- Reuters
Absent frontrunner dominates Brazil's high-stakes presidential debate -- France 24
Brazil election: Voters debate the merits of democracy as far-right candidate leads polls -- BBC
Brazil's far-right Bolsonaro grows lead with run-off victory in sight -- Reuters
Far-right candidate is front-runner in Brazil's election -- Euronews
Brazil business community rallying around rightist -- AP
Brazil's presidential election: Mired in crisis, headed for autocracy? -- Thomas Milz, DW
Polls show Brazilians are leaning toward a Trump of their own -- Quartz
Brazil’s Fiery Far-Right Presidential Favorite Channels Trump -- Chayenne Polimédio, The Atlantic
Brazil’s Election: What to Know -- Council on Foreign Relations
Brazil elections 2018: What you need to know -- David Child, Al Jazeera
