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Flávio’s surprise first-round election win highlights rapid rise of Brazil’s House of Bolsonaro
Four members of disgraced ex-president Jair Bolsonaro’s family have been elected to office, most notably his wife and son Flávio, who won the first round of voting to be Brazil’s new president The weekend’s elections in Brazil not only put Jair Bolsonaro’s eldest son, Flávio Bolsonaro, in the lead i
What the coverage shows
All five outlets center the first-round result and Bolsonaro family’s strong showing, with Washington Post and Democracy Now! treating the runoff between Lula and Flávio Bolsonaro as the main headline. The Guardian is the only outlet to foreground the broader “House of Bolsonaro,” while The Economist frames the coverage more broadly as evidence that Brazil is now right-wing. Al Jazeera is alone in focusing on why Flávio Bolsonaro outperformed the polls.
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