Third-place candidate in Brazil presidential race backs Bolsonaro
Augusto Cury said his nearly 3% vote share was no blank cheque, compared with Flavio Bolsonaro's 47% and Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's 45%.
In Brazil's presidential election, right-wing candidate Flavio Bolsonaro has secured the support of Augusto Cury, the third-place candidate. This endorsement comes after Cury won nearly 3% of the vote in the first round of voting, compared to Bolsonaro's 47% and Lula da Silva's 45%. Cury stated that his support is not a blank check.
The younger Bolsonaro, 45, is the son of the former president Jair Bolsonaro, who is currently under house arrest for planning a coup after losing the 2022 election. Bolsonaro led in the polls on Thursday, with 52% of the support compared to Lula's 48%. Lula, 81, dismissed the polls, emphasizing that he aims to secure more votes than Bolsonaro to win the election.
Ahead of the final stages of the campaign, Bolsonaro plans to leverage his political alliances, while Lula is increasing his presence on social media, where the right-wing has a leading role. Lula demonstrated in Sao Paulo and other cities against the return of the far-right to power in Brazil, following a similar march in Rio de Janeiro.
Renan Santos, the fourth place candidate, garnered 2.6 million votes but has not pledged his support to either leading candidate.
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