Ever since Trump’s return to the White House, his administration has been focused on Latin America in its white nationalist-backed push to dominate the Western Hemisphere.
Brazil’s presidential election is on a knife-edge. Right-winger Flávio Bolsonaro has powerful interests on his side but is also counting on the Trump administration’s help to push him over the line.
Brazil's electorate is moving in synchrony with voters throughout Latin America — as if the whole region has been going through its own version of Trump’s 2024 victory over the past two years.
Brazil’s political establishment succeeded in keeping former President Jair Bolsonaro, a major ally of President Donald J. Trump, off the ballot in 2026. It did not succeed in killing Bolsonarismo, the right-wing populist movement he inspired.
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