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Brazilië op kruispunt: terug naar Bolsonaro of door met Lula?

NOS4 October 2026, 05:25 UTCBrazil

Vandaag gaat Brazilië naar de stembus. Het belooft een nek-aan-nekrace te worden tussen de linkse zittend president Lula da Silva (80) en de radicaal-rechtse kandidaat Flavio Bolsonaro (45). Hij is de zoon van ex-president Jair Bolsonaro die een gevangenisstraf uitzit van 27 jaar voor een poging tot staatsgreep in 2022. Bolsonaro, met een radicaal-rechtse en conservatieve agenda, is voorstander van een vrije markt met weinig overheidsbemoeienis en keiharde politieoptredens tegen criminaliteit. President Lula da Silva, opgegroeid in diepe armoede, staat bekend om zijn progressieve en so

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