Brazil chooses between Lula and Bolsonaro in elections that could consolidate Latin America's turn to the right

Brazil faces this Sunday the second round of the presidential elections to elect the head of state of the country for the next four years. More than 159 million people are called to the polls to choose between two antagonistic political projects: granting a fourth term to President Lula da Silva or returning power to 'Bolsonarism' at the hands of Flávio Bolsonaro, son of former president Jair Bolsonaro.

The appointment at the polls is preceded by a first round in which, against all odds, Flávio Bolsonaro won with 47.03% of the votes, compared to the 45.16% obtained by Lula despite the fact that all the polls showed the current president in the lead. The latest polls published on Saturday by Quaest or Datafolha point to a slight advantage for Bolsonaro (51-49%), which represents a technical tie on a statistical level, as the distance is within the margin of error. In 2022 Lula won the elections with 50.9% of the vote compared to Jair Bolsonaro's 49.1%.