Brazilians will vote on Sunday in a tight presidential race between President Lula and Senator Flávio Bolsonaro.

Brazil's financial markets were poised for a rally on Monday after right-wing Senator Flavio Bolsonaro took the lead in the first round of the country’s presidential election on Sunday against incumbent Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.

Despite growing worries over Brazil's public finances and sluggish economic growth, the campaign offered meager policy debate.

Far-right challenger and son of disgraced ex-president Jair Bolsonaro will now face leftwing president in runoff vote

Two social media influencers and a transgender woman emerged as three of the top vote-getters in Brazil's Chamber of Deputies elections.

A wave of right-wing election victories in recent years, including in Colombia, Chile and Argentina, has swept Latin America, aided by the Trump administration under a new framework of the “Donroe Doctrine”, an updated version of the 19th-century Monroe Doctrine aimed at restoring the pre-eminence of the United States in the Western Hemisphere.

A White House adviser said the uncharacteristic reticence was a strategic decision as Flávio Bolsonaro takes the lead heading into the next round.

Brazil blocked online sports betting and casino platforms, shutting down websites and apps known locally as "bets" and banning their advertising.