Brazil Heads to Sunday Runoff as Flávio Bolsonaro Faces Lula; Court Orders Indigenous Voting Access

Brazil holds a presidential runoff on Sunday, October 25, between Flávio Bolsonaro, son of former president Jair Bolsonaro, and incumbent Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, whom he beat by a little over two million votes in the first round. On Thursday, a federal court in Pará state ordered the government to ensure Indigenous people nationwide can vote, citing geographic distance and a lack of accessible transportation. Lula, a leftist, is the underdog. Roraima, the northernmost state, heavily backed Flávio Bolsonaro in the first round, and voters, preachers and politicians there hope he will revive the mining his father encouraged. Jair Bolsonaro's administration oversaw the felling of 11 million acres (4.5 million hectares) of rainforest. Indigenous activists there say they will keep fighting even if the Bolsonaros return to power.

Among alternative outlets, AP leads with the court order on Indigenous transportation, while France 24 explains why the vote matters for Latin America, citing the first-round margin. Right-leaning outlets had not reported the story at the time of writing; left-leaning and alternative outlets had. The Guardian focuses on the Amazon, mining and Indigenous resistance, while The New York Times examines an evangelical cattle-country town to explain Bolsonaro's rise.