Brazil news
The gist
Brazil's Lula and Flavio Bolsonaro are statistically tied in runoff polls before the October 4 first round.
The result will shape US-Brazil ties already strained by tariffs and election-interference warnings.
How it unfolded
- Aug 5, 2026A Quaest poll put Lula ahead by five points, 44 percent to 39 percent.
- Aug 22, 2026Supporters carried a giant figure of Lula at a campaign rally in Rio de Janeiro.
- Sep 2, 2026Flavio Bolsonaro campaigned at an agribusiness fair in Esteio.