Brazil election: Bolsonaro's son beats Lula, runoff will shape Latin America
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Brazil will hold a runoff election on October 25 that could reshape the political landscape of Latin America.
In the first round, Flavio Bolsonaro, son of former president Jair Bolsonaro, defeated incumbent President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva by just over two million votes.
Why does the second round matter to the rest of the world? Our journalist Vitoria Barreto explains.