Brazil holds a presidential election Sunday with leftist incumbent Lula facing off against a far-right candidate. The race comes as part of a broader rightward shift in Latin America that President Donald Trump has credited himself with supporting.
Trump said in September at the United Nations that "everybody I've endorsed has won" in the region. He pointed to seven presidential elections held in Latin America since his second term began, all of which he said produced rightwing victors. Trump made these remarks to leaders of the Shield of the Americas, a 15-country anti-drug cartel coalition governed by the right or far right.
Lula, the incumbent, faces a challenger described as the son of a former far-right president who was convicted of staging a coup. The source material does not name the challenger or provide additional details about him, the specific policy differences between the candidates, or current polling figures.
The election results will test whether the rightward trend Trump cited continues in Brazil, Latin America's largest economy. The source material frames Sunday's vote as significant to understanding the region's political trajectory but does not provide specific polling data, voter turnout expectations or analysis of the candidates' platforms beyond their ideological positions.