Flavio Bolsonaro, the right-wing candidate for the Brazilian presidential elections, overtook Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, the current left-wing president, in the first round of these elections, but he failed to win more than 50% of the votes needed for a decisive victory in the first round.

Flavio Bolsonaro, the right-wing candidate for the Brazilian presidential elections, overtook Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, the current left-wing president, in the first round of these elections, but he failed to win more than 50% of the votes needed for a decisive victory in the first round.

Thus, the competition between these two candidates will be extended to the second round, which should be held on October 25.

The polls indicated a very close race and usually showed Lula leading by a small margin. With 98.81% of the votes counted, Flavio Bolsonaro received 47.24% and Lula 44.91% of the votes.

Now, most Latin American countries have elected right-wing presidents aligned with the administration of Donald Trump. The outcome of Brazil's second round of elections will determine whether the country, as Latin America's largest country and economy, joins the trend or turns the other way. Luiz Inazio Lula da Silva, the incumbent and veteran leftist leader, faced 11 candidates, with the most prominent of them being the right-wing politician Pelaio Bolsonaro.

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