Brazil election setback for Trump's Donroe Doctrine
Brazil's incumbent President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva defeated challenger Flávio Bolsonaro in the October 25 presidential runoff with 51.79% of the vote, prompting US President Donald Trump to allege the election was "rigged." Bolsonaro lost by 4.4 million votes and has not conceded, calling for the election's annulment, while leaving Brazil after surrendering his passports amid federal investigations. Trump had praised Bolsonaro's first-round lead as a "very big" victory three weeks earlier. The result stalls Latin America's rightward shift, which included Trump allies in Argentina, Ecuador, Chile, Colombia, Peru, and Venezuela. Trump's "Donroe Doctrine" strategy, vowing US dominance in the Western Hemisphere, faces a setback with Lula's re-election.