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Important Election in Brazil

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Today people in Brazil decide their future. Around 159 million people can vote. There is a run-off. This means two persons stand for the vote. Whoever gets more votes wins.

Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is the current president. He is 80 years old. He wants to rule more. He promises help for poor people. His rival is Flávio Bolsonaro. He is the son of the former president Jair Bolsonaro. Flávio Bolsonaro wants to fight criminals harder.

Donald Trump watches the vote closely. Trump is the former president of the USA. He supports the family of Bolsonaro. Trump wants more power in Latin America. He wants to fight China there. China makes many deals there. Trump wants to stop that.

The mood in Brazil is very tense. There were attacks on politicians. Many people talk about the vote in the USA and other lands too. The result is very important for the whole world. On Monday night the first results arrive.

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Definitions

Run-off
If nobody has enough votes in a first vote, there is a second vote. Only the two best persons run against each other.
Latin America
This is a name for lands in central America and south America. People speak Spanish or Portuguese there.

People

Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
He is the current president of Brazil and belongs to the workers party.
Flávio Bolsonaro
He is a politician in Brazil and the son of the former president Jair Bolsonaro.
Donald Trump
He was the president of the USA in the past and belongs to the republican party.

Locations

Brazil
Brazil is the biggest land in south America.
USA
The USA are the united states of America.

Sources

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Brazilians vote in presidential election runoff pitting leftist Lula against far-right Bolsonaro

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Wahllokale in Brasilien für Präsidentenstichwahl geöffnet: Lula und Bolsonaro Kopf an Kopf

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(S+) Präsidentschaftswahl in Brasilien: »Demokratien sterben langsam, in homöopathischen Dosen« - Interview mit dem brasilianischen Politikwissenschaftler André Singer

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Brasilien als letzter Schritt zu Trumps Triumph in Lateinamerika

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