The Emerging Fracture on the Brazilian Right
The Emerging Fracture on the Brazilian Right Bruna Frascolla July 24, 2026 Share Share via X Share via Facebook Share via email Copy link July 24, 2026 Share Share via X Share via Facebook Share via email Copy link This year, Lula da Silva, Brazil’s incumbent president, will run for a fourth term. The man he defeated in 2023, Jair Bolsonaro, is in prison, so the former president’s son, Senator Flávio Bolsonaro, is running in his stead. An indication of how tightly contested the election will be came on June 24, when Jair’s wife, former first lady Michelle Bolsonaro, released a video on Instagram declaring she wouldn’t support her stepson because he was rude to her on a phone call.
- ▪The Emerging Fracture on the Brazilian Right Bruna Frascolla July 24, 2026 Share Share via X Share via Facebook Share via email Copy link July 24, 2026 Share Share via X Share via Facebook Share via email Copy link This year, Lula da Silva,
- ▪The man he defeated in 2023, Jair Bolsonaro, is in prison, so the former president’s son, Senator Flávio Bolsonaro, is running in his stead.
- ▪An indication of how tightly contested the election will be came on June 24, when Jair’s wife, former first lady Michelle Bolsonaro, released a video on Instagram declaring she wouldn’t support her stepson because he was rude to her on a ph
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The Emerging Fracture on the Brazilian Right Bruna Frascolla July 24, 2026 Share Share via X Share via Facebook Share via email Copy link July 24, 2026 Share Share via X Share via Facebook Share via email Copy link This year, Lula da Silva, Brazil’s incumbent president, will run for a fourth term. The man he defeated in 2023, Jair Bolsonaro, is in prison, so the former president’s son, Senator Flávio Bolsonaro, is running in his stead. An indication of how tightly contested the election will be came on June 24, when Jair’s wife, former first lady Michelle Bolsonaro, released a video on Instagram declaring she wouldn’t support her stepson because he was rude to her on a phone call. The quarrel was covered as a political soap opera, but it had real implications for the election’s outcome.
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