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Brazil: Who is presidential candidate Flavio Bolsonaro?

France 242 October 2026, 15:06 UTCBrazil

He was still relatively unknown in Brazil just a few months ago. The 45-year-old senator is now neck and neck with incumbent President Lula in the polls for the upcoming presidential election. Flavio Bolsonaro's victory would add Brazil to the long list of Latin American countries that have shifted to the right or far right in recent months.

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