Lula hopes older voters can help power him to victory against Flavio Bolsonaro

Straits Times22 October 2026, 09:06 UTCBrazil

BRASILIA, Oct 22 - Rony Amaral, 71, is terrified right-wing Brazilian presidential candidate Flavio Bolsonaro will slash healthcare and pension spending if he wins Sunday's runoff vote, so he is supporting leftist Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva instead.

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