The polls point to a very fierce struggle, and the US president and his secretary of state, Marco Rubio, have been accused of trying to tip the balance in favor of Flávio Bolsonaro through an open campaign of economic and diplomatic pressure against Lula. Experts see parallels with what happened in the early 1960s, when Washington tried to weaken the government of João Goulart.
The polls point to a very fierce struggle, and the US president and his secretary of state, Marco Rubio, have been accused of trying to tip the balance in favor of Flávio Bolsonaro through an open campaign of economic and diplomatic pressure against Lula. Experts see parallels with what happened in the early 1960s, when Washington tried to weaken the government of João Goulart.