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Lula Seen as Frontrunner Over Flávio Bolsonaro

August 20, 2026 · 6:35 am ET · Leave a Comment

“Six weeks from Brazil’s election, the talk of its campaign season is less about who will win than what President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva will do when he does,” Bloomberg reports.

“From the capital Brasilia to trading desks in Sao Paulo, Lula is broadly considered the favorite to beat right-wing challenger Flávio Bolsonaro, whose campaign has been marred by a feud with his stepmother and links to a banker at the center of a massive financial fraud probe.”

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