巴西右翼总统候选人弗拉维奥·博尔索纳罗（Flávio Bolsonaro）周二获得了资深议员罗纳尔多·凯阿多（Ronaldo Caiado）的支持，因为他在紧张的决选之前巩固了第一轮竞争对手的支持。
Brazil’s right-wing presidential candidate Flávio Bolsonaro secured the backing of veteran lawmaker Ronaldo Caiado on Tuesday as he moves to consolidate support from first-round rivals before a tight runoff.
Caiado在10月4日的第一轮投票中以近260万张选票排名第五，约占总票数的2.2%。这种支持可能在即将到来的决选中证明是重要的，因为Bolsonaro在周日赢得国家最高职位所需的绝对多数中下降了不到三个百分点。
Caiado finished fifth in the Oct. 4 first round with nearly 2.6 million votes, or roughly 2.2% of the total. That support could prove significant in the coming runoff, given that Bolsonaro fell less than three percentage points short of the outright majority needed to win the nation’s top job on Sunday.
“戈亚斯将为Flávio Bolsonaro带来他在这次选举中的最大胜利，我们将动员全力支持他，”Caiado在与Bolsonaro和新连任的圣保罗州长Tarcísio de Freitas一起举行的新闻发布会上说。
“Goias will deliver Flávio Bolsonaro his biggest victory in this election, we will be mobilizing full time supporting him,” Caiado said at a press conference alongside Bolsonaro and newly reelected Sao Paulo Governor Tarcísio de Freitas.
凯亚多是一位知名保守派政治家，曾担任巴西中部农业综合企业强国戈亚斯州参议员和州长。他在2018年总统决选中支持贾尔·博尔索纳罗（Jair Bolsonaro），但两人在Covid-19大流行期间早早闹翻。
Caiado is a well-established conservative politician who has served as a senator and governor of the state of Goias, an agribusiness powerhouse in central Brazil. He backed Jair Bolsonaro in the 2018 presidential runoff before the two fell out early during the Covid-19 pandemic.
卡亚多是一名训练有素的医生，他公开批评这位前总统淡化疫情及其对疫苗采购的处理方式。巴西的官方新冠死亡人数位居世界第二，仅次于美国。
A trained physician, Caiado publicly criticized the former president for downplaying the pandemic and for his handling of vaccine procurement. Brazil went on to record the world’s second-highest official Covid death toll, behind only the US.
在今年的第一轮竞选中，Caiado攻击Flávio Bolsonaro与被监禁的前Banco Master SA所有者Daniel Vorcaro的关系，他对父亲政治遗产的依赖以及他缺乏行政经验。
During this year’s first-round campaign, Caiado attacked Flávio Bolsonaro over his ties to the jailed former Banco Master SA owner Daniel Vorcaro, his reliance on his father’s political legacy and his lack of executive experience.
博尔索纳罗星期二早些时候告诉记者，他会见了在第一轮选举中保持中立的两个关键中间派政党--阿诺斯党和波德莫斯党的代表。Freitas是一名民主党成员，正在帮助Bolsonaro获得该党的支持，并已与其总统Marcos Pereira讨论此事。
Bolsonaro told reporters earlier Tuesday that he’d met with representatives of Republicanos and Podemos, both key centrist parties that remained neutral in the first round. Freitas, a Republicanos member, is helping Bolsonaro secure the party’s endorsement and has already discussed the matter with its president, Marcos Pereira.
博尔索纳罗说：“他们现在将把讨论带回到各自的政党。”他补充说，巴西联盟和进步党也在讨论是否支持他。“我希望他们尽快回来。”赢得总统0.27%有效选票的前米纳斯吉拉斯州州长泽马周一表示，他将支持这位右翼参议员，后者将在10月25日的第二轮选举中与现任总统路易斯·伊纳西奥·卢拉·达席尔瓦（Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva）对决。
“They’ll now take the discussion back to their parties,” Bolsonaro said, adding that União Brasil and the Progressistas, known as PP, are also discussing whether to back him. “I hope they get back as soon as possible.”Former Minas Gerais Governor Romeu Zema, who won 0.27% of valid votes for president, said Monday he would back the right-wing senator, who will face off against incumbent Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in the Oct. 25 second round.
弗拉维奥·博尔索纳罗的竞选协调员罗热里奥·马里尼奥告诉记者，竞选团队预计将在周四之前敲定政党支持。
Rogério Marinho, Flávio Bolsonaro’s campaign coordinator, told journalists that the campaign expects to finalize political party endorsements by Thursday.