Lula and Flávio Bolsonaro trade insults in Brazil's first run-off debate

Senator Flávio Bolsonaro, 45, led the Oct 4 first round with 47 per cent of the vote, ahead of President Lula, 80, at 45.2 per cent.

Lula called his rival a "militiaman" over alleged ties to Rio de Janeiro paramilitary groups, which Bolsonaro dismisses; Bolsonaro showed "corrupt" written on his palm.

"My opponent only knows about buses from books. He has never even stepped foot on one."

— President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva

Brazil

Polls show a tight race, and a second debate is set for Oct 23, two days before the Oct 25 run-off.