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Brazil presidential election heads to runoff as Bolsonaro leads Lula

Brazilians voted Sunday in a high-stakes presidential election pitting incumbent Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva against Senator Flávio Bolsonaro amid a regional shift to the right. Bolsonaro is the son of jailed former president Jair Bolsonaro. A runoff will take place October 25 if no candidate wins an outright majority.

Event date
exact date
Coverage
7 outlets · 7 articles
first · latest
Reporting countries
France, United Kingdom, United States, Kosovo
English, Albanian
Countries concerned
Brazil
Politics · intensity 0.0 · tone 0.00
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Covered mainly by the Western sphere (86%); silent in Sino-Russian & BRICS, Arab-Muslim world.

Western 86%Sino-Russian & BRICS 0%Arab-Muslim world 0%Global South 14%

Global sphere reading. The left / centre / right reading is shown in the coverage analysis below.

In 30 seconds
  • Confirmed by 7 outlets in 4 countries.
  • Ignored by Sino-Russian & BRICS, Arab-Muslim world.
  • Propagation: first reported by France 24 (France), . 4 outlets republished 2 headlines word for word.

Headline clash across the four spheres

Western
Sino-Russian & BRICS

No outlet in this sphere covers the event: blind spot.

Arab-Muslim world

No outlet in this sphere covers the event: blind spot.

Global South

Coverage analysis

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Event sources

  1. Brazil presidential election heads to runoff as Bolsonaro leads Lula
    France 24FranceFrance → BrazilEnglish
  2. Lula, Bolsonaro head to Brazil presidential runoff election
    upi.comÉtats-UnisUnited States → BrazilEnglish
  3. Brazil heads to runoff as Bolsonaro leads Lula in first round of presidential election
    the-independent.comUnknownUnited Kingdom → BrazilEnglish
  4. Brazil heads to runoff as Bolsonaro leads Lula in first round of presidential election
    The IndependentRoyaume-UniUnited Kingdom → BrazilEnglish
  5. Bolsonaro and Lula head to a runoff in Brazil's presidential election
    ca.finance.yahoo.comUnknownUnited Kingdom → BrazilEnglish
  6. <![CDATA[Bolsonaro and Lula head to a runoff in Brazil's presidential election]]>
    wplginc-wplg-prod.web.arc-cdn.netUnknownKosovo → BrazilAlbanian
  7. Bolsonaro and Lula head to a runoff in Brazil’s presidential election
    Anchorage Daily NewsÉtats-UnisUnited States → BrazilEnglish