• Preston Maness ☭
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    2 years ago

    Probably not a perfect translation for an English audience:

    Lula took the COVID-19 test at Sao Paulo’s Syrian-Lebanese Hospital, where he overcame throat cancer a decade ago. While he recovers from the illness, Lula will not take part in massive political activities.

    It doesn’t sound like he’s suspended his campaign; merely that he’s abstaining from the campaign trail while he recovers. When I hear someone has “suspended their campaign,” it means they’ve dropped out, which wouldn’t make sense for Lula to do, seeing as he’s the favorite to win:

    According to all the polls, Lula is the clear favorite to win the Brazilian presidency since he has managed to capture 45 percent of the voting intentions. The far-right President Jair Bolsonaro, however, has only managed to have at most 30 percent of citizen preferences.