The WhatsApp channel «Lula’s Army», created in support of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s campaign, became, according to his allies, one of the factors behind the turnaround in Brazil’s presidential race. Three weeks before Lula’s victory, he was trailing right-wing rival Flavio Bolsonaro, then moved ahead, and the channel quickly grew to 10.8 million subscribers.

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In Brazil, following the counting of 99% of the ballots, no candidate received more than half of the votes, and the right-wing senator Flavio Bolsonaro, son of former president Jair Bolsonaro, and incumbent head of state Lula da Silva advanced to the second round of the presidential election on October 25. Bolsonaro received 47.03% of the vote, Lula — 45.16%.

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