‘You lie every day’: Brazil’s Lula and Bolsonaro clash in feisty presidential debate

Final vote is 30 October

David Harding
Tuesday 18 October 2022 09:55 BST
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Brazil’s Bolsonaro, Lula face off in first debate of run-off
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It is shaping up to be the most bitter election of the year.

And the first televised television debate between Brazil’s presidential candidates – Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and Jair Bolsonaro – did little to dispel that notion.

The two rivals clashed repeatedly with both repeatedly calling the other a liar during the 90-minute debate.

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