Brazilians vote Sunday in a runoff that's bigger than Brasília. President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, 80, seeking a fourth term, faces Flávio Bolsonaro, son of jailed former president Jair Bolsonaro — himself a Trump ally — after neither man won a first-round majority, per France 24.
Bolsonaro beat Lula by more than 2.2 million votes in that first round, France 24 reports, and the runoff is being watched worldwide.
The result will help decide whether the US expands its influence in Latin America, with ABC News noting a Bolsonaro win could pull Brazil closer to Trump. A friendlier Brasília would give Washington a foothold in the region as it reshapes tariffs and alliances elsewhere.