With much of Latin America shifted to the right in recent elections, the Brazil elections are going to challenge whether Lula’s Worker’s Party can remain in power following Sunday’s run-off election.

Already in the first round vote Flavio Bolsonaro exceeded expectations getting 47% of the vote in comparison to 45.1% for Lula, making him the surprise favourite to win the run-off election.

Stephen Hill asked Dr Deborah Barros Leal Farias from the University of New South Wales what can explain the recent rise in support for Flavio Bolsonaro