Clash of Titans: Brazil holds historic election; the Incumbent President Jair Bolsonaro verses the Ex-President Lula da Silva.

By RUZEKI, Shadow News. 

Rio De Janeiro, Brazil. More than 130 million Brazilians will vote on Sunday(October 2, 2022) in a highly polarized election, which could determine if the country returns a leftist to the presidency or keeps the far-right incumbent in office for another four years. 

Jair Bolsonaro seeks re-election and Lula da Silva aims for comeback. 

Brazilian Incumbent President Jair Bolsonaro in 2022

Brazilian Ex-President Lula da Silva in 2022

What you need to know about Sunday's Brazilian election: 

• More than 130 million Brazilians will vote Sunday in a highly polarized election. 
• The polls will open at 8 A.M. Brasilia time, the race pits incumbent President Jair Bolsonaro against his political nemesis, former President Lula da Silva. 
• There are nine other candidates, but their support pales to that for Bolsonaro and da Silva. 
• Incumbent Jair Bolsonaro is seeking a second term. 
• The vote is conducted electronically; preliminary results are out within minutes, while the final result is expected within hours after polls close at 5 P.M, Brasilia time. 
• The campaign has been acrimonious and polarizing with the two main candidates trading insults. 
• During a televised debate on Thursday, President Bolsonaro called Lula, who served time in prison after being convicted on corruption charges, an "ex-inmate" and a "traitor", while Lula labelled the president "a liar". 
• Brazil's electoral system requires that a candidate win more than 50% of the valid votes cast in order to be declared president-elect. 

Five key facts about Bolsonaro: 

• 67 years old 
• far-right 
• former army captain 
• running for a second consecutive term 
• has cast unsubstantiated doubts on the trustworthiness of Brazil's electronic voting system. 
• He will vote in Rio de Janeiro, where he grew up in a modest family before joining the army. 

Five key facts about Lula: 

• 76 years old
• left-wing
• former metal worker 
• was president from 2003-2010 
• imprisoned in 2018 but conviction was later thrown out. 
• He will vote in Sao Paulo state, where he was once a metalworker and union leader. 

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