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After weeks of campaigning and sparring for support amid spiralling polarisation throughout the cpuntry, Brazil's presidential race has been reduced from a field of 13 runners to head-to-head race between far-right Jair Bolsonaro and leftist Fernando Haddad. Bolsonaro, of the Social Liberal Party, narrowly missed out on the outright majority required for first round election success on Sunday, winning 46 percent of the vote. On line is Executive Director, Tricontinental Institute for Social Research Vijay Prashad.