# Concerns over US interference weigh on Brazil vote

https://mins.news/en/item/87130

- France 24, 2026-10-05 20:37 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.france24.com/en/concerns-of-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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