Brazil's Workers Party loses to far-right in presidential vote

Record ID: 1362196

  • Title: Brazil's Workers Party loses to far-right in presidential vote
  • Date: 29th October 2018
  • Summary: SAO PAULO, BRAZIL (OCTOBER 28, 2018) (REUTERS) GENERAL VIEW OF POST-ELECTION EVENT WITH CANDIDATE FERNANDO HADDAD HADDAD AT EVENT AMIDST CHEERS AND CHANTS VARIOUS OF HADDAD AND SUPPORTERS ON STAGE AT EVENT HADDAD SPEAKING AT EVENT (SOUNDBITE) (Portuguese) WORKERS PARTY PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE, FERNANDO HADDAD, SAYING: "I put my life at the disposal of the country. I am sure that I speak for millions of people who have put the country above their own lives, above their own welfare. I want to say to them that when I looked out to the streets of the country, to all regions, I felt an anguish and a fear on the faces of many people, who sometimes cried. Don't be scared, we will be here. We are together." MEDIA AT EVENT VARIOUS OF HADDAD SPEAKING AT EVENT JOURNALIST TAKING NOTES (SOUNDBITE) (Portuguese) WORKERS PARTY PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE, FERNANDO HADDAD, SAYING: "We'll be here. We are together, we will be holding hands with you. We will embrace your cause. Count on us. Life is made up of courage. Love live Brazil. Long live Brazil." / HADDAD EMBRACING WIFE AT END OF SPEECH
  • Embargoed: 12th November 2018 03:02
  • Keywords: Fernando Haddad Workers Party Brazil Sao Paulo Jair Bolsonaro election far-right
  • Location: SAO PAULO, BRAZIL
  • City: SAO PAULO, BRAZIL
  • Country: Brazil
  • Topics: Government/Politics,Elections/Voting
  • Reuters ID: LVA001944BSCN
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  • Story Text:Leftist candidate Fernando Haddad admitted defeat in Brazil's hotly-contested presidential vote on Sunday (October 28) after losing the run-off to far-right lawmaker Jair Bolsonaro.
    Bolsonaro, who has pledged to clean up politics, shrink the state and crack down on crime, won 55.2 percent of votes against left-wing hopeful Fernando Haddad of the Workers Party's 44.8 percent, according to electoral authority TSE.
    Former army captain Bolsonaro has alarmed many with vows to sweep political opponents off the map and comments denigrating women, gays and racial minorities.
    But speaking to supporters, Haddad called on Brazilians not to be scared under at Bolsonaro presidency.
    Haddad was standing in for the jailed PT founder and former Brazilian president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, but had been trailing right-wing candidate since the first-round vote three weeks ago.
    Bolsonaro's sudden rise was propelled by rejection of the leftist PT that ran Brazil for 13 of the last 15 years and was ousted two years ago in the midst of the country's worst recession and biggest-ever political graft scandal.
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