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

https://mins.news/en/item/115137

- The Associated Press, 2026-10-26 00:43 UTC
- World
- Original: https://bit.ly/4zTTEqh

> Polls have closed in Brazil’s closely contested presidential runoff between President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and Flávio Bolsonaro, with US influence in Latin America also at stake.

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