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Brazilian presidential runoff between Lula and Flávio Bolsonaro

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Brazil held the decisive round of its presidential election between incumbent left-wing President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and right-wing candidate Flávio Bolsonaro, the son of former president Jair Bolsonaro. The reports described the race as close, with Lula said to have gained in recent polls while Bolsonaro remained popular with many voters.

In the preceding first round, Flávio Bolsonaro's Partido Liberal reportedly made major gains in Congress, while several Bolsonaro relatives won seats in the Senate or House of Representatives. Flávio Bolsonaro said he would pardon his father if elected and proposed constitutional and Supreme Court reforms. Jair Bolsonaro had been sentenced to 27 years in prison and remained under house arrest for health reasons, according to the report.

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Brazilian court orders Meta to treat presidential candidates equally

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A judge at Brazil’s electoral court ordered Meta to stop restricting the distribution of political or election-related content in a way that treats President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and his rival Flávio Bolsonaro unequally. The order followed complaints by Lula’s campaign that his accounts and posts on Meta platforms were difficult to find or disappeared, while Bolsonaro’s were more visible. Meta denied favouring either candidate and attributed the problems to technical failures. The company faces a daily fine of 500,000 reais if it does not comply. A single report said Meta staff had acknowledged internally that restrictive measures had adversely affected Lula’s Instagram accounts. Lula and Bolsonaro remain candidates in the presidential runoff, and their first televised debate ended in personal exchanges and mutual accusations of lying and corruption.

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Podcast examines the Bolsonaro family’s rise in Brazil

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A podcast episode examined how members of Brazil’s Bolsonaro family have gained influential positions. It reported that Flávio Bolsonaro, son of former president Jair Bolsonaro, had a good chance of becoming president in the following weekend’s election and would likely make pardoning his father, who was sentenced to 27 years in prison for an attempted coup, one of his first actions. The episode also explored how Brazil had continued to embrace the family despite these events.