# The Bolsonaros are back: Brazil heads to the polls – podcast

https://mins.news/en/item/82781

- The Guardian, 2026-10-02 02:00 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.theguardian.com/news/audio/2026/oct/02/the-bolsonarostheyre-back-brazil-heads-to-the-polls-podcast

> The Guardian’s Latin America correspondent Tom Phillips reports on Brazil’s presidential election this Sunday. Flávio Bolsonaro, son of jailed former president Jair Bolsonaro, is seeking the presidency while campaigning for his father’s release. The podcast examines how Brazil reached this point again and what a Flávio victory could mean for the wider region.

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