🇧🇷🇺🇸️ - Trump's ally wins the first round of the Brazilian presidential election, reports CNN.

🇧🇷🇺🇸️ - Trump's ally wins the first round of the Brazilian presidential election, reports CNN.

Senator Flavio Bolsonaro beat incumbent President Lula da Silva in the first round. After the votes were counted, former president Jair Bolsonaro's son received 47.03% of the votes, while Lula received 45.16%.

The winner will be determined in the second round on October 25.

In 2022, Lula also reached the second round, where he defeated Jair Bolsonaro - the father of his current opponent. Bolsonaro Sr. was later convicted of attempting a coup after losing the election.

President Lula accuses his current opponent of receiving money from Trump, who was a close ally of Bolsonaro Sr. and sharply criticized the legal proceedings against him. Relations between the White House and President Lula are strained.