In this week’s issue: Hard-line Brazilians grow in number. Understanding the investigation into Jair Bolsonaro’s campaign.
The week in review
- Presidential race. The favorite in the presidential race, Jair Bolsonaro, has sustained his comfortable, 19-point lead over Fernando Haddad. Next week’s polls, however, will measure whether a recent illegal campaign financing scandal will have any impact on the former Army captain’s support (more below, in Power).Â
- State races. Gubernatorial candidates with the support of Mr. Bolsonaro have also locked up many of the state races, such as in Rio de Janeiro, Minas Gerais, and Rio Grande do Sul.
The only question mark remaining is São Paulo, where the gap between João Doria and incumbent Márcio França is of only 6 points.
- National Museum. Teams searching the debris of Rio’s National Museum, which burned down on Sep.2, have found the 13,000-year skull of Luzia, the oldest fossil of the Americas. The skull, however, has been damaged by the disaster.
- Torture. The São Paulo State Court dismissed a lawsuit against the estate of the late Army Colonel Carlos Alberto Brilhante Ustra, who has already been recognized as a torturer during the military regime. He had been convicted of killing...