# Brazil election sees Flavio Bolsonaro challenge Lula as supporters look to Trump

https://mins.news/en/video/49145

- Al Jazeera English, 2026-09-08 04:00 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WXTP34ByLKA

> Brazil is celebrating Independence Day amid a deeply polarised presidential race. President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is seeking re-election, while Flavio Bolsonaro is trying to return his father Jair Bolsonaro’s political movement to power. A new controversy involving Brazil’s Supreme Court is also overshadowing the campaign.

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