# Brazil’s tense presidential run-off campaign feels like a psychological thriller

https://mins.news/en/item/112715

- France 24, 2026-10-23 12:45 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20261023-brazil-s-tense-presidential-run-off-campaign-feels-like-a-psychological-thriller

> Social media insults and a combative debate have raised tensions ahead of Sunday’s fiercely contested presidential run-off. Leftist, pro-union President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and far-right challenger Flavio Bolsonaro are separated by only a few points; Flavio is the son of former president and Trump ally Jair Bolsonaro.

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