# Brazil votes in high-stakes election pitting Lula against Flavio Bolsonaro

https://mins.news/en/video/85522

- France 24 English, 2026-10-04 16:38 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vLQrmIU45z4

> Brazilians began voting Sunday in a closely watched presidential contest between incumbent Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and right-wing Senator Flavio Bolsonaro, son of former president Jair Bolsonaro. Nearly 160 million voters are also choosing lawmakers, senators and governors in a vote that could determine whether Latin America’s largest country joins the regional shift to the right championed by US President Donald Trump.

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