Brazil Minor could swing the result between Lula and Bolsonaro

The run-off in the Brazilian presidential election should see fierce competition in a tense atmosphere, especially in Minas Gerais, which is as big as France and has been seen for decades as the last word on many of those occasions.

This state is known as “Little Brazil”, because it reflects the composition of the various segments of society, and therefore from the country’s return to democracy after the period of military dictatorship which lasted from 1964 to 1985, no candidate sat for the presidency without winning a Minas Gerais.
Ironically, outgoing president Jair Bolsonaro was subjected to an assassination attempt in that state to miraculously escape death after his deranged attacker’s knife slashed his stomach in September 2018.

It appears that this incident affected the vote for Bolsonaro, resulting in a landslide victory in that state, and thus winning a first presidential term, after which many claimed it was and will never be repeated.
However, according to a report by the British newspaper The Times, strong divisions prevail in that state over the choice between the right-wing president and the left-wing candidate, Luis Lula da Silva, who ruled the country for two terms between 2003 and 2010, and not he was able to stand as a candidate in the last elections, due to the accusations brought against him, of corruption before being withdrawn by him, due to a lack of procedural procedure.
The leftist candidate is credited with relieving 20 million Brazilians from poverty and that his government has seen a relatively acceptable economic boom, making the country at the forefront of emerging economies.