Brazil's Haddad ends campaign with warning about opponent Bolsonaro
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Channel: AP Archive · 2018 · News & Politics
(27 Oct 2018) In the last public appearance by a Brazilian presidential candidate before Sunday's vote, left-leaning Fernando Haddad warned voters that his far-right opponent's proposals to fight crime would only increase violence. He also promised to bring conciliation if he beats front-runner Jair Bolsonaro, who stayed in his home in Rio de Janeiro speaking to his voters via social media. Haddad, who polls indicate is the underdog in the runoff, spoke during a rally in Heliopolis, Sao Paulo's biggest favela with more than 100,000 residents. Violent areas of big cities gave Bolsonaro less votes in the Oct. 7 first-round than safer and richer areas. "I think it's very important that the population is realizing that Bolsonaro represents a leap into the unknown," Haddad said. Later the candidate, hand-picked by jailed former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, said this Brazilian election would be different from any other if Bolsonaro loses at the last minute. Haddad suffered a blow when defeated presidential candidate Ciro Gomes, a leftist who finished the first-round in third place with 12 percent of the vote, failed to strongly support the Workers' Party candidate. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter: https://twitter.com/AP_Archive Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/APArchives Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/APNews/ You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/af9f9c85ec852d1b53d9cce4352c3ab3
