PoliticsBolsonaro in ‘very strong position’ as Brazil election heads to run-off

Right-wing Senator Flavio Bolsonaro unexpectedly finished first in Sunday’s election, ahead of President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. Neither won a majority, sending the contest to a run-off in three weeks. Bolsonaro secured 47 percent of the vote to Lula’s 45 percent, putting him in a “very strong position,” France 24 correspondent Time Vickery said.