U.S. Brazilians face two polarizing elections — Sunday's runoff followed by U.S. midterms 10 days later, bringing millions to the polls in the two largest democracies in the Americas.
. ... I normally say Bolsonaro is a Trump that speaks Portuguese,” Ferrari said.
“Honestly I never thought I would be voting for Lula again — I was quite disappointed in how corrupt his government was,” said Ferrari. “But I think that despite everything that went wrong in his period in power, what Bolsonaro represents, and is doing, is even worse.” While it's difficult to pin down the number of Brazilian immigrants living in the U.S., it could be up to 1 million, according to Maxine L. Margolis, professor emerita of anthropology at the University of Florida.
There are growing fears the competitive election results may be contested by Bolsonaro if he loses. Bolsonaro has repeatedlyOne of Bolsonaro's sons, Senator Flávio Bolsonaro, said on social media that his father was a victim of the “biggest electoral fraud ever seen.” “There will be more of a willingness on the Brazilian side to dialogue with the United States, Europeans and others on the global climate change agenda,” Farnsworth said.