Far-right candidate expected to win Brazilian presidency

Brazilians head to the polls Sunday for a runoff vote between the two presidential candidates who performed best in a prior round earlier this month.

Far-right candidate Jair Bolsonaro, who has been compared to President Trump, is expected to win. He narrowly failed to secure an outright victory in the first vote, and polling gave him a shrinking but still sizable lead heading into this weekend.

Bolsonaro's rival is Fernando Haddad of the leftist Workers Party. Haddad has gained momentum in recent days but took less than one-third of the initial vote.

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Though he has praised Brazil's former military dictatorship, defending torture and extrajudicial killing, Bolsonaro is seen as an anti-corruption populist. Haddad represents the party of former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, who is in jail on corruption charges.

Results are expected Sunday night.