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Presidential Candidates in Brazil Ease Campaign Criticism After Stabbing

By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – With Brazil’s general elections less than a month away, presidential candidates have suddenly been forced to change their strategies due to the knife attack on frontrunner, Jair Bolsonaro, last Thursday (September 6th).

During Sunday’s TV presidential debate none of the candidates spoke openly against the right-wing favorite, choosing instead of promoting their government agenda.

Some competitors who had produced electoral advertisements directly opposing Bolsonaro, as was the case of former governor Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB), pulled the ads, giving a "truce", at least in the in short-term . . .

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