Brazil’s Lula and Bolsonaro are about to face off again. What you need to know before the election
(CNN) In the final week of the campaign, Bolsonaro’s approval rating in Brazil is the lowest it has been since the start of his campaign. And with less than 14 days until the election, he is at risk of losing the lower chamber of Congress for the first time in 20 years.
But on one of the most important issues of the Brazilian campaign, there is little difference between the two men vying to lead the country.
Brazil is a country of contrasts. The country has one of the world’s fastest-growing economies, but its social fabric is at times marked by extreme poverty and the country’s vast inequality.
Brazil is a country of contrasts. The country has one of the world’s fastest-growing economies, but its social fabric is at times marked by extreme poverty and the country’s vast inequality.
It has large indigenous peoples who have rights, but also far more violent crime and a far more militarized state apparatus than many other nations.
With all that in mind, there are many reasons why Bolsonaro is deeply unpopular and could lose Tuesday’s vote.
Here’s a look at some of those reasons and why Bolsonaro is at risk of going down in the polls.
‘Lincoln-like figure’
With his pitch to “conquer the country” and win Brazil for socialism, Bolsonaro is a different kind of politician than the last several leaders of the Brazilian left.
“The difference between him and the previous two (of the last two candidates)” was explained by the BBC’s Laura Trevelyan in an interview in Brazil’s largest newspaper, Folha de S.Paulo.
“This is a Lincoln-like figure, someone who has become a president by winning the votes of the poorest and most frustrated in the country.
“His message is to appeal to both sides, the poor and the middle class. And he promises the rich, that they, too, will be able to participate in the life of