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Far right on the march and Lula’s failures: key drivers of Flávio Bolsonaro’s Brazil surge

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Experts say strength of evangelical church and stubbornness of Lula, 80, also helped propel Jair Bolsonaro’s son to first-round election win On Sunday night, as the scale of the far-right triumph in Brazil sank in, an adapted football chant rang out…

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  • Experts say strength of evangelical church and stubbornness of Lula, 80, also helped propel Jair Bolsonaro’s son to first-round election win On Sunday night, as the scale of the far-right triumph in Brazil sank in, an adapted football chant rang out…
  • Reported by The Guardian and published Mon, 05 Oct 2026 18:42:23 UTC.

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  1. Brazilian stocks jump as Bolsonaro now seen as heavy favorite to win presidency

  2. Brazil lurches to the right as Lula falters in the first round of presidential election

  3. Lula seeks shake-up and Flávio Bolsonaro reaches for more support ahead of Brazil's election runoff

  4. Far right on the march and Lula’s failures: key drivers of Flávio Bolsonaro’s Brazil surge

  5. Return of the Bolsonaros: Why the far-right surge in Brazilian elections?

  6. Flávio Bolsonaro poised to win Brazilian presidency after shock first-round victory

  7. ‘France has fallen’: Far-right figures fuel Islamophobic claims with false student protest videos

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