Rallying in Sao Paulo, presidential candidates seek votes and political support
Lula urged workers and younger voters to back his reelection as lawmakers prepared to vote on a bill expanding paid days off.
- Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva led a massive rally on Sunday along Sao Paulo's Paulista Avenue, awash in red, to campaign for the October 25 election runoff.
- Lula, vying for a fourth term, is trying to regain ground after Flavio Bolsonaro emerged as the surprise winner of the first-round vote on October 4.
- The Senate is scheduled to vote this Wednesday on labor legislation that would increase weekly paid days off and reduce the maximum working week from 44 to 40 hours.
- Bolsonaro dismissed the proposal as "opportunistic," telling reporters his opponent "has to say whether he is in favor of workers resting more or continuing to work longer hours."
- Polls currently favor the son of Jair Bolsonaro to win the October 25 runoff, as candidates present divergent economic visions ranging from spending cuts to labor reforms.
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Demonstration takes place at Copacabana Beach two days after Flavio Bolsonaro's rally in Sao Goncalo
Thousands of supporters of the Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, on the left, occupied about seven blocks of the Avenida Atlântica on the seafront of Copacabana in Rio de Janeiro on Monday, in a demonstration in support of his reelection... (ANSA)
Brazil: Far-Left Supporters of Lula da Silva Trash São Paulo Train Stations, Burn U.S. Flag
Far-left supporters of socialist President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva on Sunday heavily vandalized two São Paulo subway stations after a pro-Lula rally in the Brazilian city, prompting the Brazilian Military Police (PM) to shut down the two affected stations.
Lula takes to the streets of São Paulo to close the gap two weeks before the runoff
Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva led a large rally on São Paulo’s Avenida Paulista on Sunday to relaunch his campaign two weeks before the October 25 runoff, in which he trails Senator Flávio Bolsonaro. “This country cannot lose its democracy,” he told a largely young crowd.
Badly set for the second round of the presidential election against far right candidate Flávio Bolsonaro, the Brazilian president tries to mobilize beyond his traditional supporters.
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