‘Viscerally dedicated to social issues’: behind Lula’s drive to win final term in Brazil’s crunch election — Live Feedhttps://www.live-feeds.com/feed/viscerally-dedicated-to-social-issues-behind-lula-s-drive-to-win-final-term-in-brazil-s-crunch-electionContinuously updated, source-cited coverage. Brazil Gears Up for Crunch Election as Lula Faces Flavio Bolsonarohttps://www.live-feeds.com/feed/viscerally-dedicated-to-social-issues-behind-lula-s-drive-to-win-final-term-in-brazil-s-crunch-electionhttps://www.live-feeds.com/feed/viscerally-dedicated-to-social-issues-behind-lula-s-drive-to-win-final-term-in-brazil-s-crunch-election#u91144Wed, 30 Sep 2026 13:56:19 +0000Brazil prepares for a crunch presidential election in October featuring an intense contest between incumbent Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and Flavio Bolsonaro, the son of the imprisoned former president. Recent polling shows Lula widening his lead in the first round while remaining essentially tied with Bolsonaro in runoff polling. Lula is campaigning aggressively to secure what he describes as his final term, driven by a stated obsession with social justice and fears over the country's future under another Bolsonaro presidency.Why it mattersThis election represents a pivotal political showd