SEVEN DAYS FROM BRAZIL'S PRESIDENTIAL RUNOFF, THE OUTLOOK REMAINS UNDEFINED.

A week before the vote, Roberta Luchsinger, a businesswoman close to Fábio Luís Lula da Silva, known as Lulinha, told CNN she intends to enter a plea bargain agreement, according to a Poder360 report. After the interview, four congressmen filed a request with the Supreme Federal Court for protection for the businesswoman and her two daughters. The episode opens a new front of pressure on President Lula at the very moment the government is seeking to convert congressional victories into electoral support.