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Did the US interfere in the 2026 election to favor Flávio Bolsonaro?
US pressure on Brazil is documented and had a declared political character: 50% tariffs, sanctions under the Magnitsky Act against Brazilian officials, and an effort by Eduardo Bolsonaro to spare his father from trial. The recorded aim of that effort is judicial, not electoral. None of the sources we gathered links these measures to Flávio Bolsonaro's candidacy, or measures their effect on the vote. For that reason, we treat the idea that the US acted to favor him as a hypothesis to be tested, not as a fact.