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Brazilian candidate still crushing his rivals from jail

  • Written by João Feres Júnior, Professor of political science, Rio de Janeiro State University
With over a dozen candidates and an incarcerated front-runner, Brazil's 2018 presidential election has political analysts shrugging their shoulders.AP Photo/Leo Correa

It would be hard to overstate the prominence of former president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in Brazil. The founder of the left-wing Workers’ Party, this former union...

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