Andrew Rosati

Brazil activity rose modestly in August, underscoring the loss of momentum in Latin America’s biggest economy as voters prepare to choose their next president.

Right-wing candidate Flávio Bolsonaro and President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva are locked in a tie less than a week ahead of Brazil’s runoff election, according to a new poll.

Right-wing candidate Flávio Bolsonaro and President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva are locked in a tie less than a week ahead of Brazil's runoff election, according to a new poll.

Flávio Bolsonaro and President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva are tied just days before Brazil’s Sunday runoff election, a new poll showed.

Brazil’s annual inflation rate shot through the target ceiling in early October, adding to voters’ frustrations as they prepare to pick their next president on Sunday.

Flávio Bolsonaro and President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva were statistically tied in a poll released on the eve of Brazil’s runoff election.

Flávio Bolsonaro and President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva were statistically tied in a poll released on the eve of Brazil's runoff election.

Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva wasn’t going down without a fight. And his fans weren’t ready to give up on him. Here, marching down Sao Paulo’s most iconic avenue, they were bearing witness to what may turn out to be the last rally by the most defining figure of Latin America’s left.

On Saturday, hours before Brazilians headed to the polls to choose their next leader, the 80-year-old president drew hundreds of thousands to show up for him.

Lula, 80, is the face of the region's resistance to Trumpism. The leftist incumbent's win puts an end to a series of victories by far-right candidates across Latin America.