Supporters of Brazilian President Luis Inacio Lula da Silva listen to speaches during a campaign rally in Belo Horizonte, capital of the southeastern state of Minas Gerais, Brazil, 2006. In spite of a series of corruption scandals which have stained his images, opinion polls show that Lula should win in the first round of the Oct. 1, 2006 election.(Australfoto/Douglas Engle)
A street man sits on a curb near a poster for Brazilian President Luis Inacio Lula da Silva before a campaign rally in Belo Horizonte, capital of the southeastern state of Minas Gerais, Brazil, September 26, 2006. In spite of a series of corruption scandals which have stained his images, opinion polls show that Lula should win in the first round of the Oct. 1, 2006 election.(Australfoto/Douglas Engle)
Voters pack a pedestrian bridge near a voting station in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Oct. 1, 2006. Brazilian president Luiz Incio da Silva looked a whisker away from a second term in office last night, after South America's largest democracy went to the polls. Voters use a voting machine as straightforward as a public phone booth and the results are then filed electronically to polling centers. Brazilians also are electing all 513 deputies in the House and all of their state governors and the results are available by the end of election day. (AustralFoto/Douglas Engle)
