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- Lula widens lead over Bolsonaro less than a week ahead of Brazilian vote -pollAmericas ·
September 28, 2022 · 3:09 AM UTC · undefined agoFormer Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has widened his lead over incumbent Jair Bolsonaro to 13 percentage points less than one week ahead of presidential election, a Genial/Quaest poll released on Wednesday showed.