BRICS and Brazilian poll
On Sunday, October 25th, Brazil will hold a run-off election brought on by the inconclusiveness of its presidential poll that took place on October 5th. Left- wing President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva will square off with right-wing Flávio Bolsonaro, who led in the first round but fell short of prescribed victory threshold of more than 50 percent of votes cast. Flávio, 45-year-old son of imprisoned former President Jair Bolsonaro, finished ahead of Lula with 47 percent of the votes despite that polls had forecast he would come in second place. Lula, 80-year-old, who was projected to win, came second with 44.9 percent of the votes according to data published by Brazil’s Superior Electoral Court. Voting is compulsory in the world’s fifth-largest country, and turnout is typically among the highest in the Americas. Lula, who is running on the platform of Workers’ Party (PT), is seeking a fourth and likely his last term after having been elected in 2002 and 2006, and later for a non-con...