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Brazil's presidential election between Lula and Flávio Bolsonaro, and Trump's involvement before and after Lula's runoff win.

7 articles · Started 2026-07-26 · Last updated 2026-10-28

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Oct 28, 2026

Brazil's Defeated Candidate Vanishes, Then a Private Jet Heads to Miami

Flávio Bolsonaro lost Brazil's presidential runoff on Sunday, refused to concede, missed a Supreme Court deadline to surrender his passports on Tuesday, and...

Oct 27, 2026

Trump Calls Brazil's Election 'Rigged,' Then Mails Loser a Visa

Flávio Bolsonaro lost Brazil's presidential election on Sunday, got ordered by his country's Supreme Court to hand over his passports on Monday, and by Tuesday...

Oct 25, 2026

Lula Beats Bolsonaro 51.8% to 48.2%, Brazilian Stocks Drop Nearly 20%

Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, 80 years old and trailing after the first round, just won a fourth term as president of Brazil. He took 51.8 percent of valid votes...

Oct 05, 2026

Brazil Is Back to Lula vs. Bolsonaro, Except This Bolsonaro Is Better at It

Brazil is headed for another Lula-Bolsonaro runoff, and the Bolsonaro on the ballot this time just outperformed his father's first-round numbers by nearly four...

Oct 04, 2026

Lula vs. Son of the Guy Lula Beat Last Time

Brazil's presidential election just delivered a result that sounds like a fever dream: the son of the man currently serving 27 years for trying to overthrow...

Oct 02, 2026

Brazil's Election Is a Referendum on Whether Coup Plotters Get to Win Anyway

The man convicted of plotting a coup to stay in power is sitting in a prison cell while his son runs for president on an explicit promise to set him free. That...

Jul 25, 2026

Brazil Boots Trump's Election Cops Before They Can Land

Brazil just told two U.S. State Department officials to stay home, denying their visa requests days before a planned trip to Brasilia to discuss 'election...