Published on
25/07/2026 - 19:56 GMT+2
Brazilian Senator Flávio Bolsonaro, son of former President Jair Bolsonaro, was confirmed on Saturday as the presidential candidate of his father's Liberal Party, setting up a challenge against incumbent President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in October's election.
"Bolsonaro's blood flows here," he said at the party convention in São Paulo, as he paid tribute to his father, who is serving a 27-year prison sentence for plotting a coup after his 2022 election defeat.
The younger Bolsonaro faces a difficult campaign, with no running mate yet chosen and limited support from centrist parties that helped his father win in 2018. Several key figures were absent from the convention, including his stepmother Michelle Bolsonaro, a prominent voice among evangelical voters.
