Bolsonaro almost there and other weekly topics

BRAZIL POLITICS - Report 22 Oct 2018 by Murillo de Aragão and Cristiano Noronha

This is the final week of the campaign before the runoff round in the presidential election and 14 gubernatorial races. Candidate Jair Bolsonaro (PSL) is unlikely to participate in the debates scheduled for this week. Gubernatorial debates are also scheduled. Several electoral polls are scheduled to be released this week on the national and state levels.

This week’s Talking Points
• Movement begins around elections for president of the Lower House and Senate
• The future of the left
• Divided, the PSDB may become dependent on Doria
• The Bolsonaro wave drives “outsiders” in the states
• The threat of bills in the legislature that increase spending

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