Election
results expected around 6:00 PM EDT Sunday
Brazilians
are voting Sunday—weighing their hunger for radical change against
fears that the presidential front-runner could threaten democracy as
they cast ballots after a bitter campaign that was frequently marred
by violence.
Far-right
congressman Jair Bolsonaro—often called "Brazil's Trump"—has
won over many voters by painting a picture of a dark Brazil at
war—with criminals, corrupt politicians and leftist ideas.
But many
others fear that electing a populist provocateur notorious for
praising Brazil’s 1964-85 military regime and foreign autocrats
including Donald Trump, Peru’s Alberto Fujimori and Augusto
Pinochet of Chile would send the country into the dark ages.
Polls
released Satuday gave Bolsonaro an 8-10% advantage over his leftist
opponent, Fernando Haddad, although the Workers’ party (PT)
candidate had been gaining ground in recent days. Election results
expected around 6:00 PM EDT Sunday.
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