Brazil's da Silva, Bolsonaro clash in 1st one-on-one debate

Brazil's former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, who is running for office again, left, faces Jair Bolsonaro in a presidential debate at Bandeirantes Television in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Sunday, Oct. 16, 2022. [AP]

Brazil's former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and incumbent Jair Bolsonaro clashed in their first one-on-one debate Sunday, two weeks before the presidential election's runoff.

Debates in the election's first round featured several other candidates, none of whom garnered more than 5 per cent of the Oct. 2 vote. During the debates, they were largely distractions from the two obvious frontrunners.