Leftwing incumbent Lula trying to fight off close rival Flávio Bolsonaro, far-right son of jailed ex-president The polls have closed in the first round of Brazil’s highly polarised and high-stakes presidential election that could change not only the direction of Latin America’s largest country bu...
Source: [Guardian World](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/oct/04/brazil-presidential-election-lula-flavio-bolsonaro)