Flávio Bolsonaro’s defeat is a major blow to Trump and his orange wave

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Published 29 Oct 2026, 10:00 GMT1 min read

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The far-right candidate was supposed to claim the presidency, but Brazilian voters had other ideas For Donald Trump, Brazil’s presidential election was meant to represent the crest of the “orange wave” – a three-year surge of rightwing triumphs that has reshaped Latin American politics in the US president’s tangerine-hued image.

The far-right candidate, Flávio Bolsonaro, was supposed to claim the presidency on Sunday, bringing the region’s biggest democracy and economy into Trump’s orbit, after similar victories in Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Honduras, Ecuador and Peru – not to mention the capture of Venezuela’s government after the country was invaded in January.

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