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BRAZIL

Lula leads polls in presidential race

Brazil's former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has maintained his lead in the polls ahead of the October general elections. Lula, who represents the Workers' Party, holds 42.3 percent of voter support, while President Jair Bolsonaro of the conservative Liberal Party has 34.1 percent, according to the latest poll released on Tuesday by the MDA Survey Institute and commissioned by the National Confederation of Transport. Brazilians will go to the polls on Oct 2 to elect a new president, vice-president, governors, deputies and senators.