- Voting in Brazil’s presidential race is set for Sunday and around 2,800 Brazilians in Utah will be able to cast ballots at a Millcreek polling site.
- Carolina Herrin, a Brazilian woman now living in Utah, said many here in the community still feel connected to Brazil.
- President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva faces a challenge from Sen. Flávio Bolsonaro.
SALT LAKE CITY — The focus for many in Utah with political inclinations may be the U.S. mid-term elections, culminating on Election Day, Nov. 3.
Many in Utah’s Brazilian community, however, have another focus — presidential elections in the South American country. Voting in the race between incumbent Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and Brazilian Sen. Flávio Bolsonaro is set for Sunday and as many as 2,800 Brazilians living in Utah will be able to cast ballots at a polling place in Millcreek.
Carolina Herrin, originally from Brazil but now living in Spanish Fork and leading the Brazilian-American Chamber of Commerce of Utah, is among them. She plans to vote and will help manage the Millcreek polling site, assisting representatives from the Brazilian Consulate of Los Angeles, which serves Utah…