Flavio Bolsonaro gets party nod to take on Lula in Brazil polls
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Brazil's right-wing Liberal Party on Saturday (July 26, 2026) formally nominated Flavio Bolsonaro, a 45-year-old senator and son of imprisoned ex-president Jair Bolsonaro, as its candidate in the October Presidential election. Flavio, touching his arm, declared to a cheering crowd in a Sao Paulo warehouse.He warned that Brazil —Latin America's largest country in population, area and economy — "could take giant strides toward a dictatorship" if Mr. Lula wins reelection.That alarmist rhetoric was echoed by Argentina's libertarian President Javier Milei, who joined the convention in person to lend support to Flavio Bolsonaro."I firmly believe there is no one else capable of putting an end to the Lula risk hanging over Brazil," Mr.
- ▪Brazil's right-wing Liberal Party on Saturday (July 26, 2026) formally nominated Flavio Bolsonaro, a 45-year-old senator and son of imprisoned ex-president Jair Bolsonaro, as its candidate in the October Presidential election.
- ▪Flavio, touching his arm, declared to a cheering crowd in a Sao Paulo warehouse.He warned that Brazil —Latin America's largest country in population, area and economy — "could take giant strides toward a dictatorship" if Mr.
- ▪Lula wins reelection.That alarmist rhetoric was echoed by Argentina's libertarian President Javier Milei, who joined the convention in person to lend support to Flavio Bolsonaro."I firmly believe there is no one else capable of putting an e
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- ▪ Brazil's Flávio Bolsonaro to challenge Lula after winning party nomination — Euronews
- ▪ Lula leads Flavio Bolsonaro in Brazil election poll — Straits Times — World
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Brazil's right-wing Liberal Party on Saturday (July 26, 2026) formally nominated Flavio Bolsonaro, a 45-year-old senator and son of imprisoned ex-president Jair Bolsonaro, as its candidate in the October Presidential election. Brazil's Lula blasts Flavio Bolsonaro for requesting U.S. tariff delayHe is set to face off against leftist incumbent Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, 80, who is seeking a fourth nonconsecutive term and has gained momentum in recent weeks as the younger Bolsonaro faced a series of crises.Far-right firebrand Jair Bolsonaro anointed his eldest son Flavio as his political heir after being sentenced to 27 years in prison for plotting a coup following his 2022 election loss to Lula."I may be calmer, more cheerful, more composed and more moderate, but Bolsonaro blood flows…
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