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Brazil votes in tight Lula-Bolsonaro runoff with US ties at stake
Brazilians vote in a neck-and-neck presidential runoff between Lula and Flávio Bolsonaro, with US influence over Latin America hanging on the result.
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Brazil holds a presidential runoff on Sunday between incumbent Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and Senator Flávio Bolsonaro. Polls before the vote showed a neck-and-neck race with more than 50% needed. Bolsonaro led the first round on 4 October; the outcome bears on US influence in Latin America.
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