# Brazil’s neck-and-neck election tests a growing pro-Trump Latin American bloc

https://mins.news/en/item/84448

- The Guardian, 2026-10-03 07:00 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/oct/03/brazil-election-lula-bolsonaro-trump

> Brazil votes Sunday in a closely fought presidential race between leftwing incumbent Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and Flávio Bolsonaro, son of former far-right president Jair Bolsonaro, who was convicted of staging a coup. Analysts say the result could determine whether Brazil remains a regional counterweight to Donald Trump or joins a more closely aligned rightwing bloc.

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