More women and Indigenous candidates in the running for Brazil elections
Source: Le Monde
In addition to their president, Brazilians will elect 513 members of parliament, one-third of the 81 senators and the country's 27 governors on Sunday.
Brazil's elections have been overshadowed for a long time by the "clash of the titans" Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva versus Jair Bolsonaro. On Sunday, October 2, legislative and local elections will also take place in Brazil. For 156 million voters, this is an opportunity to renew all the members of the Chamber of Deputies, a third of the seats in the Senate, and all the governors and regional assemblies in the country.
This year, they have taken on the appearance of an exuberant celebration of democracy, with more than 28,000 candidates in all elections combined. Among them, the zaniest candidates are "Wolverine," "Obama," "007," "Gladiator," "mountain dwarf," "Batman pastor," "samurai cab" and so on. Some pose in bathing suits or inside a coffin. Others show themselves with a firearm, a tire, a melon or an inflatable cow.
Click here to read the full article published by Le Monde on 29 September 2022.
In addition to their president, Brazilians will elect 513 members of parliament, one-third of the 81 senators and the country's 27 governors on Sunday.
Brazil's elections have been overshadowed for a long time by the "clash of the titans" Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva versus Jair Bolsonaro. On Sunday, October 2, legislative and local elections will also take place in Brazil. For 156 million voters, this is an opportunity to renew all the members of the Chamber of Deputies, a third of the seats in the Senate, and all the governors and regional assemblies in the country.
This year, they have taken on the appearance of an exuberant celebration of democracy, with more than 28,000 candidates in all elections combined. Among them, the zaniest candidates are "Wolverine," "Obama," "007," "Gladiator," "mountain dwarf," "Batman pastor," "samurai cab" and so on. Some pose in bathing suits or inside a coffin. Others show themselves with a firearm, a tire, a melon or an inflatable cow.
Click here to read the full article published by Le Monde on 29 September 2022.
