# How an Amazon Frontier Town Became a Bolsonaro Stronghold

https://mins.news/en/item/113992

- Bloomberg News, 2026-10-24 13:30 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2026-10-24/bolsonaro-enclave-in-the-amazon-gears-for-brazil-s-presidential-election?link_source=ta_bluesky_link&taid=6adcb2e48aa25d0001363ebb

> An Amazon frontier town has become a political base for Bolsonaro. The outcome of Brazil’s presidential race may affect the extent of forest clearing and land-use choices across Earth’s largest tropical forest.

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