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Brazil's Flavio Bolsonaro wins support of third-place candidate in presidential race  Americas   Brazil's right-wing presidential candidate Flavio Bolsonaro secured third-place finisher Augusto Cury's endorsement on Thursday, strengthening his position against incumbent President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva ahead of the runoff. Cury won nearly three percent in Sunday's first round. A Datafolha poll put Bolsonaro ahead with 52 percent against Lula's 48 percent.   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"My support is not a blank check," Cury said in a statement, after winning nearly three percent of the vote in Sunday's first round of voting, compared to Bolsonaro's 47 percent and Lula's 45 percent.  Bolsonaro, 45, is the eldest son of far-right former president (https://www.france24.com/en/tag/jair-bolsonaro/) Jair Bolsonaro , who is (https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20260327-brazil-s-bolsonaro-leaves-hospital-starts-house-arrest-for-coup-attempt) under house arrest for plotting a coup after losing Brazil's last election in 2022. Prior to the announcement, the younger Bolsonaro was leading in polls on Thursday, which gave the senator 52 percent compared to Lula's 48 percent, according to the Datafolha institute. Watch more (https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/the-debate/20261005-return-of-the-bolsonaros-why-the-far-right-surge-in-brazilian-elections) Return of the Bolsonaros: Why the far-right surge in Brazilian elections?  Lula, 81, downplayed the polls as he sought to secure a fourth term. "I don't assess polls, I don't work like that. I work knowing that I need to have more votes than Flavio to win the election. I have 17 days to do that," he said at a press conference Thursday. While Bolsonaro is hoping to bank on his allegiances in the final stretch of the campaign, Lula has been strengthening his presence on social media, where the right has an upper hand. Read more (https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20261005-how-lulas-successes-in-brazil-may-have-paved-the-way-for-his-presidential-defeat) How Lula’s successes in Brazil may have paved the way for his presidential defeat  (https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20261007-thousands-protest-flavio-bolsonaro-far-right-brazil) Thousands of people demonstrated on Thursday in Sao Paulo and other cities against the return of the (https://www.france24.com/en/tag/far-right/) far right to power in Brazil, a day after a similar march in Rio de Janeiro. 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