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Flávio Bolsonaro Leads Into Presidential Runoff… to Spring His Daddy From Prison and Hand Brazil to Trump

Monday, October 5, 2026 at 8:32 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

Brazil’s runoff is about more than Lula versus another Bolsonaro.

iPINIONS contends it’s about whether voters will spring the father through the son, reward Trump’s meddling, or hand the would-be emperor another humiliating lesson in unintended consequences.

Lula, Flávio Bolsonaro, Donald Trump, and a portrait of Jair Bolsonaro in an editorial collage.

Read my full take on Substack:
https://ipinionsdaily.substack.com/p/flavio-bolsonaro-leads-into-presidential

Anthony L. Hall

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