Brazil’s 2026 election is no longer merely a domestic affair. Flávio Bolsonaro’s candidacy has already become a central piece on the international chessboard: he has the open support of Javier Milei and Benjamin Netanyahu, while moving closer to Donald Trump’s conservative movement.
This rapprochement with Israel and the United States is not new. It is a deliberate continuation of the alignment initiated under Jair Bolsonaro’s government. For Bolsonaro’s movement and its allies, Washington and Jerusalem are not merely partners: they are strategic anchors in security, technology, and defense — and the only real counterweight to Chinese influence and the BRICS orbit.
The movement is part of the rapid expansion of a new Latin American right, which already governs Argentina and is gaining ground in other countries across the region. A victory for Flávio Bolsonaro would not merely represent the return of Bolsonaro’s movement to power. It would shift Brazil back toward the Washington–Jerusalem axis, with direct consequences for its relationship with China, its role in the BRICS, and the balance of power between the right and the left across the continent.
That is why Brazil’s 2026 election is not simply a contest for the presidency. It could potentially become the decisive moment in the political and geopolitical realignment of Latin America.
