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Reuters
Reuters
Business
By Nayara Figueiredo

Analysis-Donations from Brazil farm sector boost Bolsonaro's re-election bid

FILE PHOTO: Brazil's President and candidate for re-election Jair Bolsonaro and agribusiness parliamentarians attend a news conference at the Alvorada Palace in Brasilia, Brazil October 5, 2022. REUTERS/Adriano Machado/File Photo

Agribusiness leaders contributed the lion's share of financing for President Jair Bolsonaro's re-election campaign, underscoring his close ties with farm interests, while his leftist challenger relied almost exclusively on public party funding.

Individual donors contributed nearly 80% of Bolsonaro's campaign funds, and 33 of his 50 biggest donors had ties to agribusiness, according to a Reuters analysis of data from electoral authority TSE.

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