After an inconclusive presidential election, Brazil is now bracing for a frantic four-week campaign ahead of a run-off vote that will pit leftist Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva against Jair Bolsonaro, the far-right incumbent president. Official returns from Sunday's first round showed da Silva, a former two-term president universally known as Lula, with 48.4% compared to 43.2% for Bolsonaro. The remaining votes went to nine other candidates.
Prof Fiona Macaulay of Bradford University in the UK, the research includes interdisciplinary, encompassing political institutions and political sociology, with strong intersections with criminology, law, and public policy. Her expertise is centred on Brazil.