LatinNews Daily - 17 August 2026

On 16 August Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (Partido dos Trabalhadores, PT), who is running for re-election, and his main right-wing rival, Senator Flávio Bolsonaro (Partido Liberal, PL), both held their first official campaign rallies ahead of the first-round presidential vote on 4 October.

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