Brazilian leftist Luis Inacio Lula da Silva is within reach of a dramatic comeback in Sunday's election, four years after the popular two-term president watched from a jail cell as his party was trounced in the last presidential campaign.
Graft convictions barred him from running for president in 2018, when far-right President Jair President rode into office on a wave of antipathy towards Lula's Workers Party.
Lula led Brazil from 2003-2010 during a commodities boom driving robust economic growth, which helped him reduce the country's deep social inequalities, lift millions from extreme poverty and expand access to education and healthcare. He has forged a broad center-left coalition of 10 parties while reaching out to business leaders and former enemies.
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