Calls for change present a challenge to President Lula in the second round of the election on Sunday. In the sprawling former industrial city of Osasco, shuttered factories have given way to a shopping malls and delivery app tech companies in what is now dubbed São Paulo's "Silicon Valley."

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Calls for change present a challenge to President Lula in the second round of the election on Sunday.

In the sprawling former industrial city of Osasco, shuttered factories have given way to a shopping malls and delivery app tech companies in what is now dubbed São Paulo's "Silicon Valley."

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The municipality voted for Brazil's left-wing President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in 2022 but switched to the right-wing Flávio Bolsonaro in the first round of Brazil's presidential election this month. Bolsonaro won that vote - and now the two men face a run-off on Sunday. Since 1989, every first-round winner has gone on to be elected president.

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  • •Calls for change present a challenge to President Lula in the second round of the election on Sunday.
  • •In the sprawling former industrial city of Osasco, shuttered factories have given way to a shopping malls and delivery app tech companies in what is now dubbed São Paulo's "Silicon Valley."
  • •The municipality voted for Brazil's left-wing President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in 2022 but switched to the right-wing Flávio Bolsonaro in the first round of Brazil's presidential election this month. Bolsonaro won that vote - and now the two men face a run-off on Sunday. Since 1989, every first-round winner has gone on to be elected president.
  • •Like many of President Lula's traditional supporters, Gilberto Almazan, who leads a metalworkers' union here, is visibly worried.

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Like many of President Lula's traditional supporters, Gilberto Almazan, who leads a metalworkers' union here, is visibly worried.

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