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Inside the Trump-administration campaign to return Brazil’s Bolsonaro clan to power

Straits Times24 October 2026, 21:50 UTCBrazil

SAO PAULO, Oct 24 - Two US State Department officials led a campaign to restore the right-wing Bolsonaro clan to power in Brazil and successfully pushed for sanctions aimed at tilting the election in their favor, according to 10 current and former US officials with direct knowledge of the matter.

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