Flávio Bolsonaro took 56.1m votes to Lula's 53.8m in Brazil's first round, setting up a 25 October runoff that Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva must overturn.
Brazilians vote on 4 October in a presidential election polls call neck and neck between incumbent Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and senator Flávio Bolsonaro.
The US State Department has obligated $176.9m from its Human Rights and Democracy Fund to 43 awards, including a $40m anti-communism grant, a source says.
Lula signed a provisional order banning sports betting and online casinos in Brazil just over a week before the first round of the presidential election.
A false claim about Brazil's patron saint drew contradictory Supreme Court rulings and a dispute with the bishops' conference in the final week of the campaign.
Colombia recorded 39 killings of land and environmental activists in 2025 and Brazil 26, out of at least 124 worldwide, Global Witness says in its annual report.