US President Donald Trump’s sometimes bombastic stance towards Brazil has placed him at the centre of debate ahead of the country’s tightly fought presidential elections in October.
Given Trump’s track record of backing his Latin American allies, such as Argentine leader Javier Milei, Colombian presidential hopeful Abelardo de la Espriella, and Nasry Asfura in Honduras, to name a few, a similar intervention in Brazil appears likely.
“It can be expected that Brazil will also be the target of a US attempt to influence the elections” given Trump’s past “partisan interventionism,” according to Oliver Stuenkel, a professor at the Getulio Vargas Foundation.
The US leader’s influence could be less clear-cut this time around, however.
While celebrating his “excellent chemistry” with leftist President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, who is seeking reelection, Trump has also called candidate Flavio Bolsonaro, the son of former far-right president Jair Bolsonaro, a “smart young man who
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