PoliticsConcerns over US interference weigh on Brazil vote

Conservative Senator Flavio Bolsonaro unexpectedly finished ahead of incumbent left-wing President Lula in Brazil’s first-round presidential vote on Sunday, setting up a runoff on October 25. Suspicions of US interference have shadowed the campaign, while Donald Trump has openly shown affinity for Bolsonaro’s far-right former president father and hostility toward Lula da Silva.

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