Successes in congress as progressive standard bearer Lula is favourite to defeat Bolsonaro in second round of presidential vote
in Congress. And we are going to win the presidency. We are strong and we are going to honour your struggle.”
The two women will find an ally in Marina Silva, the respected former environment minister in Lula’s first government. Silva won election in São Paulo state, where Guilherme Boulos, an activistHis PSOL colleague Luiza Erundina, an 87-year-old former mayor of the city, was another veteran who was re-elected in Brazil’s most populous state.
In Rio de Janeiro, Henrique Vieira, a charismatic pastor who is one of the few evangelical leaders to challenge the dominance of the right-leaning religious sects, especially in poor areas, was elected to the lower house.
In the small mercies department, the left celebrated defeats for Janaina Paschoal, one of the lawyers whose brief led to the; Fabricio Queiroz, the former police officer and close friend of the Bolsonaro family who stands accused of helping the clan enrich themselves; and Douglas Garcia, a state deputy with Bolsonaro’s party whose harassment of a well-known female TV journalist hit the headlines last month.
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