against 28% for Bolsonaro, the survey by PoderData published late on Thursday said.... In the

BRASILIA( Reuters)-Brazilian Senate leader Rodrigo Pacheco joined the center-right Social Democratic Party( PSD) on Wednesday, emerging as the latest presidential hopeful eyeing a tough path down the center of next year's polarized electoral field. Party leader Gilberto Kassab, who has said the PSD is looking to field its own candidate in 2022, said Pacheco has" great potential" to draw support from Brazilians turned off by both leftist former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and far-right in

If neither wins a majority on Oct.... Mercadante was chief of staff for Dilma Rousseff, Lula's hand-picked successor who was impeached in 2016 in the midst of economic recession. The campaign leadership is expected to be announced next week after a Saturday rally, called a" pre-launch" of his candidacy.... Both Lula and Bolsonaro have been in campaign mode for months but are limited in their official campaign activities by Brazilian election law. Lula will then start traveling around Brasil, P