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

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

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

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

President Lula accuses his current rival 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.

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