# Brazil votes in tense Lula-Bolsonaro runoff, with US influence in Latin America at stake

https://mins.news/en/item/115015

- The Associated Press, 2026-10-25 20:30 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://bit.ly/4Bw0O5O

> Polls have closed in Brazil’s tight presidential contest between President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and Flávio Bolsonaro, as the US influence over Latin America is also at stake.

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