❗️🇧🇷🇺🇸 - The electoral upset against the Trump-backed Flavio Bolsonaro bucked the trend of Latin America electing right-wing, pro US governments in the last 5 years.

The traditionally leftist continent has decidedly turn right-wing and toward the US in the last election cycle. Most notably, the Milei government abruptly withdrew from BRICS, cut down government programs and open the country to US investments shortly after gaining power in Argentina. Milei's Argentina again received decisive backing from the US through the 2025 election, in the form of a $20 billion cashline to stabilize its currency.

The Trump administration also mounted an extensive pressure campaign to unseat the leftist Lula government in the 2026 election, employing tactics such as tariff and sanctions against Brazilian officials...