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Tom Phillips in Rio de Janeiro

‘The signs aren’t good’: Bolsonaro may face ban on running for office in 2026

Jair Bolsonaro at a campaign event in Rio de Janeiro in October 2022.
Jair Bolsonaro at a campaign event in Rio de Janeiro in October 2022. Photograph: António Lacerda/EPA

The political future of one of the big names of the global populist right is on the line this week as Brazilian judges prepare to decide whether Jair Bolsonaro should be banned from running for office.

Members of Brazil’s superior electoral court will gather on Thursday to consider the first of 16 cases being brought against the far-right former president, who failed to win a second term after losing last October’s election to leftist Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.

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